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tbarrett@ptdcs2.intel.com (Tom Barrett) wrote:

(SNIP)
:>Used Audio CDs were in some recent court cases... I think that the
:>original music owner wanted to have their cut of any sales. I think
:>they lost. You can pretty much bet that they wouldn't want to replace a
:>defective disc if they found out that it was not the original owner.

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Tom, I think your comparison of used cars and used computers is a good
one insofar as aftermarket service on used items goes.  

However, the instance you cite about used CD's is entirely governed by
Federal Copyright law, where there is an express clause in the
mechanical reproduction rights section of the copyright statutes that
limits the grant of copyright to the expression it contains, not the
CD itself. Like a book owner, an owner of a CD has, in essence,
purchased a transferable single copy use license for the public and
private display and use of the copyrighted material embodied in the
item, subject to the specific limitation on display for profit or
display by transmission outlined in the copyright act.

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