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Platinum Member Username: NydasPost Number: 10876 Registered: Jun-06 | http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080523-court-smacks-autodesk-affirms-righ t-to-sell-used-software.html Court smacks Autodesk, affirms right to sell used software By Timothy B. Lee | Published: May 23, 2008 - 12:21PM CT A federal district judge in Washington State handed down an important decision this week on shrink-wrap license agreements and the First Sale Doctrine. The case concerned an eBay merchant named Timothy Vernor who has repeatedly locked horns with Autodesk over the sale of used copies of its software. Autodesk argued that it only licenses copies of its software, rather than selling them, and that therefore any resale of the software constitutes copyright infringement. But Judge Richard A. Jones rejected that argument, holding that Vernor is entitled to sell used copies of Autodesk's software regardless of any licensing agreement that might have bound the software's previous owners. Jones relied on the First Sale Doctrine, which ensures the right to re-sell used copies of copyrighted works. It is the principle that makes libraries and used book stores possible. The First Sale Doctrine was first articulated by the Supreme Court in 1908 and has since been codified into statute. |
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