Re: [dvd-discuss] Interesting 1st sale-shrinkwrap-EULA-(c) infringement case

[Bryan Taylor <bryan_w_taylor(at)yahoo.com>]

Wow. Two great pieces of news in one day!! This may be an EVEN more important
decision (if it is upheld, then the DVDCCA case would also be gone).

If this goes to an appeal, I'd love to participate in an amicus brief.

--- "James S. Tyre" <jstyre@jstyre.com> wrote:
> COURT TACKLES CHARACTERIZATION OF SOFTWARE SALES
> BNA's Electronic Commerce & Law Report reports on Softman
> Products v. Adobe Systems, a recent case in which a federal
> court in California ruled that a transaction in which a
> software developer transfers copies of software to a
> retailer is a sale of goods and not a licensing of
> intellectual property, regardless of the existence of a
> shrinkwrap license stating otherwise.  The court also ruled
> that allowing a software developer to eliminate the buyer's
> first sale rights by license would violate public policy by
> changing the balance of rights struck by federal
> intellectual property law.  Article at
> <http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/eip.nsf/id/a0a4w8j0a7_>
> For a free trial to source of this story, visit
> http://web.bna.com/products/ip/eplr.htm
> Decision at
>
<http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/CACD/RecentPubOp.nsf/bb61c530eab0911c882567cf005ac
> 6f9/574aa79ff518021188256aed006ea2dc/$FILE/CV00-04161DDP.pdf>
> 
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