Could Supreme Court Ruling Help Create Used eBook Marketplace?
The Supreme Court ruled that “first sale doctrine” protects book buyers reselling books that they purchased overseas.
Would it also apply to websites like ReDigi that resell MP3 files? Capitol Records sued ReDigi to stop the resale of used MP3s, but the Supreme Court ruling could affect the case–possibly opening the door for digital book sales as well. NPR had more from UC Berkeley professor Jason Schultz:
Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling only covers physical copies of copyrighted works, and its implications for digital resale are unclear.
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