copyright licensing
Do websites that re-sell preowned game discs face any copyright problems?
<p>I read on a game CD that </p>

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  <p>Unauthorised copying, adaptation, rental, lending, distribution, re-sale, etc. are prohibited</p>
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<p>So how can websites like Gamestop legally re-sell preowned game discs?</p>

<p>Don't get hung up on unauthorized resale. That only prohibits unauthorized resale. Authorized resale is ok. </p>

<p>From <a href="http://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-1854-copyright-infringement-first-sale-doctrine">http://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-1854-copyright-infringement-first-sale-doctrine</a>:</p>

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  <p>The first sale doctrine, codified at 17 U.S.C. § 109, provides that an
  <strong>individual who knowingly purchases a copy of a copyrighted work from
  the copyright holder receives the right to sell</strong>, display or otherwise
  dispose of that particular copy, notwithstanding the interests of the
  copyright owner. The right to distribute ends, however, once the owner
  has sold that particular copy. See 17 U.S.C. § 109(a) &amp; (c). Since the
  first sale doctrine never protects a defendant who makes unauthorized
  reproductions of a copyrighted work, the first sale doctrine cannot be
  a successful defense in cases that allege infringing reproduction.</p>
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