- Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that the first-sale doctrine does not apply to software, or e-books (or pretty much everything you “buy” online that isn’t shipped to your home). Yet online retailers can label their buttons "Buy" when they actually mean "Rent." And they can revoke your purchases. http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/you-dont-own-your-kindle-books-amazon-reminds-customer-1c6626211 21 comments politics
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- Outlawed by Amazon DRM « Martin Koksrud Bekkelund https://www.bekkelund.net/2012/10/22/outlawed-by-amazon-drm/ 2907 comments
- The Digital Death of Copyright's First Sale Doctrine - Freedom to Tinker https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/abridy/digital-death-copyrights-first-sale-doctrine 8 comments
- Kindle user claims Amazon deleted whole library without explanation | Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2012/10/22/kindle-user-claims-amazon-dele.html 0 comments
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