General Discussion

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

31. LOL!!!! I know someone trying to sell their Honda.

Reply to ElboRuum (Original post)

Sun Oct 7, 2012, 06:24 PM

Oct 2012

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

35 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

So you thought you could sell the things you own? Yeah, about that... [View all] ElboRuum Oct 2012 OP

Thanks for OP'ing this, K&R n/t PowerToThePeople Oct 2012 #1

Interesting, so if you buy something it is not really yours to do with what you wish. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #2

And I think that's just it... ElboRuum Oct 2012 #6

Strange this isn't being settled in lower court leftstreet Oct 2012 #3

Is software licensing at issue here? LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #4

Yes but if I remove the software from my own computer I can sell it, which is essentially the same cherokeeprogressive Oct 2012 #7

Unfortunately, it was ruled that that is copyright infringement: See Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc. Poll_Blind Oct 2012 #23

Wow, I stand corrected. Apologies to LiberalAndProud. n/t cherokeeprogressive Oct 2012 #25

I wish to hell you were right, though. Seriously, if "first sale" is being chipped away at... Poll_Blind Oct 2012 #32

So my thrift store is violating the law by selling computer games??? Odin2005 Oct 2012 #33

Not violating the law...infringing on copyright. There's a difference. Plus, it really depends... Poll_Blind Oct 2012 #34

Ebooks come to mind. You can't even loan out an ebook for more than 14 days! nt tblue37 Oct 2012 #9

Bingo! My first thought upon reading this post SheilaT Oct 2012 #19

me too. and libraries are joining in that trend, which bothers me no end. when there are no HiPointDem Oct 2012 #28

In a college library in 1979 I discovered bound issues SheilaT Oct 2012 #30

Well, that was the point of the encroachment on ownership I was using as an example. ElboRuum Oct 2012 #11

The case is about a physical item. n/t PowerToThePeople Oct 2012 #12

I'm truly confused. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #14

furniture designs are copywritten, hence legally so is the furniture. TeamPooka Oct 2012 #21

So who would police this? Skidmore Oct 2012 #5

That's one of the bits of silly that I thought might flow out of upholding this... ElboRuum Oct 2012 #8

If it's upheld, can you give your old software away? LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #10

Depends on what a claimant could ask for in payment... ElboRuum Oct 2012 #13

They'll figure out something Hydra Oct 2012 #15

It depends on how absurd a given license is Posteritatis Oct 2012 #16

Back in the early 1990's, when I had my first computer, SheilaT Oct 2012 #20

with bar codes and such, the technology to police it is being set in place, i imagine. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #29

Then it's not your problem to dispose of their possessions AnnaLee Oct 2012 #17

More of that quantum weirdness in what you just said... ElboRuum Oct 2012 #18

Happening with fabrics too KT2000 Oct 2012 #22

So will I be arrested if I destroy "their" crap? Generic Other Oct 2012 #24

Anyone who sells second hand would close down. McCamy Taylor Oct 2012 #26

In the dawn of the tech age I remember reading something that spoke to this. It was HiPointDem Oct 2012 #27

LOL!!!! I know someone trying to sell their Honda. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #31

It's not just software, it's theoretically everything Marthe48 Oct 2012 #35