Productive Use and Copyright

by Robert Nagle on 11/11/2005

in General,Legal

Can you buy a CD, make mp3s of the songs and then sell the original CD? Yes, says William Patry.

Plus, a good discussion of productive use vs. transformative use vs. fair use.

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