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Subject: Re: Is Eugene Nalimov aware of this eBay auction?-legal

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 10:46:28 02/15/03

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On February 15, 2003 at 13:41:59, John Smith wrote:

>So long as the original owner deletes the files from his computer, the auction
>would be legal.  US copyright allows the owner of a legal copy to do whatever he
>wants with the product.

That's true for a commercial product, but what about this situation, in which
there is no original "purchase"? Does the seller "own" anything to begin with?
If not, how can he legally sell it? IMO, the seller has nothing which he has the
right to sell, since he did not purchase it, and therefore has no license to
transfer. I don't know the laws on this kind of stuff however. Does anyone else
know?



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