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    Posted: 09 October 2012 at 1:20am
From Slashdot:
"The Supreme Court is set to decide, in the case of Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, whether or not First Sale Doctrine applies to products made with parts sourced from outside the United States. If the Supreme Court upholds an appellate ruling, it would mean that the IP holders of anything you own that has been made in China, Japan or Europe, for example, would have to give you permission to sell it. Your old used CDs, cell phone, books, or that Ford truck with foreign parts? It may not be yours to sell unless you get explicit permission and presumably pay royalties. 'It would be absurd to say anything manufactured abroad can't be bought or sold here,' said Marvin Ammori, a First Amendment lawyer and Schwartz Fellow at the New American Foundation who specializes in technology issues."
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Was it your intent to raise my blood pressure?  Sometimes I hopefully start thinking things can't possibly get any worse but then I wake up and find that they can.

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Saw that a couple of days ago on a SCOTUS article. I can't believe how stupid we are becoming as a country.
 
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Wacko <begin sarcastic voice> Well, I guess it all makes sense. I mean, after all, we didn't get to where we are without someone else doing all the work. Therefore, everything we buy was purchased by someone else. Since we haven't purchased anything, we don't own anything. If we don't own anything, we can't sell anything without the owner's permission. If we do, then technically we would be trafficking in stolen goods. <end sarcastic voice> Wacko
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