Consumer Rights Change When Copyrighted Works Go Digital

For The Florida Times Union, Anick Jesdanun writes…

\”When you buy a book or a video cassette, you can lend it to a friend, sell it on eBay, even toss it in the trash. Or you can keep it to read or watch again and again. It\’s all legal under the \’\’first-sale doctrine\’\’ of U.S. copyright law, the provision that allows libraries to exist. But your rights shrink when you\’re dealing with an electronic book or a movie downloaded from the Internet. [more…]
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