Perspective
Feb. 13, 2013
First sale doctrine: Do you own or rent your digital media files?
Many people do not realize that their purchased content not owned - it's rented. By Nick Solish
A report by Billboard Media and Nielsen Soundscan showed that digital music purchases accounted for 50.3 percent of total music sales in 2011, overtaking physical media for the first time. With the rise in digital purchases, music stores and bookstores, along with other retailers, are closing all over the country.
Any person who has ever owned a book or CD knows that either can be resold or given to a friend without violating copyright la...
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