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Posted on 10/07/2012 4:58:42 PM PDT by Kolath
Tucked into the U.S. Supreme Court’s agenda this fall is a little-known case that could upend your ability to resell everything from your grandmother’s antique furniture to your iPhone 4.
At issue in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons is the first-sale doctrine in copyright law, which allows you to buy and then sell things like electronics, books, artwork and furniture, as well as CDs and DVDs, without getting permission from the copyright holder of those.
(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...
I just... can’t describe how this makes me feel.
I bought it, I own it.
And THIS is why people hate corporations.
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