Is it only me or would "India side quitting the deal made us pull back to US" be a great excuse for Dell execs and Dell itself to pull the centers back to US without admitting the entire idea was crap in the first place?
Being more and more aware of the monkey business IP owners do trying to take away my rights (Broadcast Flag being the most recent example), I was nicley surprised to see that your kind of business is allowed. I always though you need to buy the DVD/VHS with explicit permission for renting.
However, after reading on Copyright Law, I discovered the First Sale doctrine does not apply to renting. E.g.:
The disposal 109(a) speaks of allows two options: distribution of a particular phonorecord to another or to destruction of a particular phonorecord. Thus, this section allows me to sell a vinyl copy of a phonorecord to a friend or destroy my phonorecord without requiring permission from the author. First Sale is not an absolute right, however. It is important to note that First Sale covers transfers of ownership not merely transfers of possession, such as rental, lease or lending of phonorecords. (from http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/articles/200 1dltr0018.html)
Could you give me a few pointers to understand how it is legal to rent? Are you non-profit? What other exception to 109 do you use?
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Is it only me or would "India side quitting the deal made us pull back to US" be a great excuse for Dell execs and Dell itself to pull the centers back to US without admitting the entire idea was crap in the first place?
Not exactly unusual. Japanese have long been doing this. It is called Keiretsu.
What do you know about FSM? ;-)
Being more and more aware of the monkey business IP owners do trying to take away my rights (Broadcast Flag being the most recent example), I was nicley surprised to see that your kind of business is allowed. I always though you need to buy the DVD/VHS with explicit permission for renting.
However, after reading on Copyright Law, I discovered the First Sale doctrine does not apply to renting. E.g.:0 1dltr0018.html)
The disposal 109(a) speaks of allows two options: distribution of a particular phonorecord to another or to destruction of a particular phonorecord. Thus, this section allows me to sell a vinyl copy of a phonorecord to a friend or destroy my phonorecord without requiring permission from the author. First Sale is not an absolute right, however. It is important to note that First Sale covers transfers of ownership not merely transfers of possession, such as rental, lease or lending of phonorecords. (from http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/articles/20
Could you give me a few pointers to understand how it is legal to rent? Are you non-profit? What other exception to 109 do you use?
Thanks in advance,FSM
Did anyone doubt I exist?
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