Comment by ethbr1
2 years ago
The failure of the courts to update first sale doctrine to the digital age is the root cause of many ills.
Unfortunately, it's a tricky question, because it's more akin to compelling speech when the content is served by another party at a future time.
If I get a device that uses cloud functionality... is whoever I sell that device to entitled to that functionality?
Well the more important question is are you entitled to that functionality, or can it be taken away on a whim?
But those are more "advanced" questions. We still haven't even established the fact that I should indeed own the thing I purchased (see music or movies or anything). So we have a while to go before we get to questions of transference of services.