Fred von Lohmann explains why the Electronic Frontier Foundation has taken up the case of a used music merchant who’s been targeted by UMG for selling CDs marked “promotional use only.” At stake is the first sale doctrine: the principle that once a copyright holder sells or gives away a copy of a copyrighted work, that the new owner has the right to do as he pleases with that copy, including re-selling it, and that printing “not for resale” on the CD doesn’t change the equation.
Sounds like a worthwhile case. Legal documents are here.
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