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| Re: LMAO! I'm not a lawyer.
There is the first sale doctrine
"..the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord lawfully made under this title, or any person authorized by such owner, is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or otherwise dispose of the possession of that copy or phonorecord."
There is a distinction made between ownership of a physical copy of a work and ownership of the copyright. The owner of that physical copy can lend or sell it, but cannot copy it.
Of course with a physical copy you can't legally copy it and if you sell it you no longer have access to it yourself.
In the case of downloading each download is a copy and does not remove the original copy from the possession of the original owner. There are arguments about extending the first sale doctrine to digital copies, provided the original copy is destroyed. Copyright law will never, however, allow the uncontrolled multiplying of copies. |
