Re: Renting Books

From: Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]attymail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 18:25:27 -0800

On 11/23/98, Carol Simpson <csimpson[_at_]mailhost.onramp.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Laura N. Gasaway <laura_gasaway[_at_]unc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Congress has restricted the first sale doctrine for two types of
> > works: records and computer software. Even for those restrictions,
> > there exemptions for nonprofit libraries that loan copies of these
> > works to users for nonprofit purposes.
>
> I knew about software, but I thought the CD/record thing hadn't been
> set. What about all these second-hand CD stores around? How do they
> get around this?

They aren't lending anything; they are selling.

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Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]attymail.com>
UCLA School of Law '98
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1206/

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