Supreme Court Sneak Peek: You Own It, But Can You Sell It?

[greenego]

Did see this posted yet so here goes. At first I thought it was just books, DVDs ETC. But after reading this, looks like you may not be able to sell your used Glock.

"This Fall, the Supreme Court will be taking up a case that can really affect all of us. The case will determine if you actually have the right to sell a used product that was made or contains parts from overseas:"

http://crooksandliar...-own-it-can-you

[strickj]

Guns do not have copyrights.

Phones and other electronics may contain several for software and other intellectual properties.

ETA: Looks like this case is about licensing for retail sale/for profit and will have no bearing on resale/secondhand saLES.

If there was a way for copyright owners to profit from royalties on resold/secondhand goods, then the collegiate sports peps would be all over it by now

Edited October 9, 2012 by strickj

[mikegideon]

I read about this the other day. It's about copyrights. Don't see how it can apply to a Glock

[Hershmeister]

They will rule narrowly on this. The seller circumvented the sellers differential pricing strategy. That's the core issue here. Not the nonsensical notion that you have to pay someone vig to resell an item you've already purchased

[jtmaze]

That is absurd. It would just fill the landfills with things that have value to someone. That would mean when I replace the 37" tv in the den with a bigger one and move it to the bedroom, the 20" in the bedroom must go to the dump. It would be more hassle to sell than worth. This is stupid. They have been watching too much Harry Potter.

JTM

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[jtmaze]

If they do this they should make them put a disclaimer on every box/product that it can never be resold without express written consent of manufacturer and let people start boycotting those products(which would be impossible.) The beginning of the end if they uphold.

JTM

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[gjohnsoniv]

I would hope they aren't that stupid, but it is the government.

[greenego]

I agree guns do not have a copyright, and as I said i believed that this would only apply to books, DVDs etc.. Then I read in the article, "So if a product contains any foreign made parts, then you can be caught up by this. Want to sell your used Chevy or Ford?" I know there are a lot of computer chips/software in cars these days. This also sounds like it could apply to a foreign patients.

[Sam1]

This is just completely silly and will not go through. This ruling would cause the country to implode, pretty much instantly.

To use the car analogy from above, A used car lot selling a Ford would have to get permission from the silver chip maker that built a circuit board that went into one of the 900 sensors. They would have to get permission from the sensor manufacturer on top of the chip maker, then permission from the chip maker that made the circuit board that went into the sensor controller, then permission from the controller manufacturer. This would go on for 20 stages just for one aspect of the car.

By the time all is said and done, a used car lot would spend $10,000 seeking releases for that $3000 car they paid $2500 for at the auction, where someone else had to pay $10,000 to acquire releases just to sell that vehicle at the auction.

Selling a copyrighted item that was produced by or with permission from the copyright holder is completely different than copyright infringement.

Edited October 10, 2012 by Sam1

[analog_kidd]

I wonder if it would affect "Give aways"? if not, we'll likely see lots of ads similar to: For sale: One paperclip, $50. Will throw in a free TV.

[DaveTN]

All my handguns were made here. I guess It will be okay if I decided to sell them.

This case isn’t going to impact us selling our used stuff.