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From: andrew@hammer.UUCP (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical,net.rumor
Subject: Re: "loaning" CDs
Message-ID: <1848@hammer.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Mar-86 12:33:18 EST
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[What's this doing in net.rumor?  Oh well...]

>  >> [...] someone asked to borrow a CD and [...]
>  >Being a gfairly recent CD owner I noticed that some of my Discs
>  >say you cannot *lend* then without permission of the publisher!
>  >Is this for real?...
> 
>     Did you really think that just because you BUY
>     something gives you the right to transfer ownership
>     to anyone for FREE?  Come on!

In the U.S., the doctrine of first sale gives you the absolute right to
lend, give away, rent, or sell a publication (CD, record, book, etc.),
as long as it is not copied and is not used for a public performance
(e.g., played on a for-profit radio station).

In some European countries, you cannot in fact legally rent a CD.
Hence the label, which is necessary to retain the publisher's rights in
those countries.  We EstadoUnidados can ignore it.

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew)       [UUCP]
                        (tekecs!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay)  [ARPA]