From: m5@vail.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 94 05:26:34 PDT
To: Jim_Miller@suite.com
Subject: INFOBAHN PANEL SEES WORLD THROUGH [..] BLINDERS
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Jim Miller writes:
 >                             And computer software has an
 > exemption from the first-sale doctrine. Otherwise, to use
 > the prior analogy, Alice could rent out the software to
 > Fred and his 15 best buddies, who would then produce
 > perfect copies for their own use.

Uhh...  Why is it that I see Sega & Nintendo cartridges on the shelves
of all my local video rental outlets?  Is it the case that only
software on certain media is "protected"?

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