Judge: record labels can’t stop sale of promotional CDs
A judge has blocked a copyright infringement suit filed by Universal against an individual who sold promotional CDs on eBay. The ruling says that sale of promotional CDs is protected by the first sale doctrine.
"Looking to the economic realities of the transaction, UMG's distribution of Promo CDs provides the recipient with many critical rights of ownership, including the right to perpetual possession and the freedom from obligations to…
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