YOUR 'RIGHT TO SELL STUFF' IN JEOPARDY

[Febs]

It could also become a weighty issue for auto trade-ins and resales, considering about 40% of most U.S.-made cars carry technology and parts that were made overseas.

Car parts are not generally subject to copyright protection, so how would this case possibly affect auto trade-ins and resales?

 

[BioDriver]

Reading some of the comments, it seems this may very well be an alarmist article that misinterprets the case. At any rate, this would be extremely unenforceable on a broad basis. Not gonna happen, IMO.

That's what I was thinking, too. I think it has more to do with selling branded products as an unauthorized (re)seller than anything. If it were as dire as the article were to make it out to be it would be impossible to enforce.

 

[john_martin_sai]

If it were as dire as the article were to make it out to be it would be impossible to enforce.

Illegal Drug sales can never be enforced 100% either,...nor prostitution,...as well as illegal mp3/dvd downloads......that's when government sting operations come into play.....selective enforcement.

 

[Indiana Mike]

Man ,if this really would happen my house would look like an episode of American Pickers.

Or maybe i would go without a lot of junk I probably never needed to begin with.

 

[tplyons]

The case specifically deals with the "grey" market, items that were intended for overseas markets being illegally imported into the US and sold here. It won't affect musicians selling their used gear to each other or garage sales or 99.9% of eBay or CL transactions. It's just plain silly the way the media get people whipped up over nothing.

This.

However, with the advent of downloadable content, it becomes more difficult to determine what you own, and what you own the right to use.

In the days of old, you could sell a video game. Nowadays, it is difficult, if not impossible, to sell a downloaded game, since you don't own the physical medium.

Another reason I like the physical medium of a book. I can enjoy it, and I can give it to someone else to enjoy.