Does First Sale Still Exists?

3-State Bit asks: "Ah, the doctrine of First Sale. (Sources two, three, and especially, four). The last bastion of fair use. Or is it? In a highly insightful comment, user Kjella explained to me that I had been naive to think that First Sale would continue to exist in the world of DRM. (Of which I had pondered the ramifications here.) So Slashdot, where does the First Sale doctrine stand? Are libraries throughout the nation in jeopardy? Will they no longer carry digital media? Can a corporation, without any form of legal safeguard, really control whom I can sell my stuff to? It's enough to make you shudder."

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Hmmm...

[C0LDFusion]

One thing I found interesting is that one of the sources that the article lists says that DVD's and software are not covered under First Sale. But funny me, I have a used computer parts store nearby that has used software near the front (which I use often, because I'm able to find old software I like, like the copy of Blade Runner I grabbed 6 months ago). And there's not a pawn shop in my city that DOESN'T sell used DVD's. Some of the guys even have the gall to re-shrinkwrap them!

Such concentrated violations of Copyright Law aren't bringing much attention to my city here (and it's big and close to DC).

However, I think the taking away of rights out there is definately in different "zones". It's like in the game Jenga. When you're pulling pieces away, you always take pieces that won't make the block tower fall. They're taking away our rights, but they don't want a collapse of the system. They just want to scare everyone enough to the point of taking it up the ass everytime we wanna listen to the latest music.