Company Uses DMCA To Take Down Second-Hand Software 488
dreemteem writes "A judge Tuesday heard arguments in a dispute over software sales that could potentially have repercussions on the secondhand sale of virtually any copyrighted material. The suit was filed by Timothy Vernor, a seller on eBay, after Autodesk, citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, asked eBay to remove some of its software products that Vernor had listed for sale there, and later to ban him from the site. Vernor had not illegally copied the software but was selling legitimate CDs of the products secondhand. For that reason, he argued, he was not infringing Autodesk's copyright. Autodesk countered that because it licenses the software, rather than selling it outright, a licensee does not have the right to resell its products."
Legitimate copies? (Score:2, Funny)
There's legitimate software for sale on eBay?
News to me ...
Frivillous Claims. (Score:1, Funny)
I think the penalty for filing a frivilous claim like this should be 5 Slaps. The defendant in this case, Vernor, should be permitted to slap the CEO of AutoDesk redeamable at anytime with a 1 year expiration.
>> Ding Dong!
>> Who's there?
>> I'm here to claim my prize.
>> But I'm in the middel of dinner?
>> Slap!
>> I got 4 more I'll see you next week at your kid's little league game.
Re:Autodesk will lose (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, can I copy your comment to use as an example on the Wikipedia false dichotomy [wikipedia.org] page? It's a really good one.
Re:Autodesk will lose (Score:5, Funny)
As someone in another forum put it so eloquently for me when ebay recently banned a completely legal herbal product:
ebay's like a really bad and inefficient parent. We weren't really doing anything all that bad, but ebay came home with a bad attitude and probably a little drunk. 15 minutes of bitching about the Jews and now somehow we're grounded from buying and selling X on ebay.
And then a week later ebay wakes up and forgets its hangover, remembers yelling about something, but completely forgot about X. Randomly sometimes ebay will smack an auction for back sass, then all the other auctions hide and change go under assumed names because ebay's so drunk it cant figure out the simple euphemisms.
Re:Hope they win (Score:5, Funny)
I mean have you ever heard of a used book store?
Yeah, it's called a library.
Re:Autodesk will lose (Score:5, Funny)
You may have to write a new false trichotomy page to really let his comment shine.
Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc. (Score:1, Funny)
From Wikipedia: Date decided May 20th, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernor_v._Autodesk,_Inc [wikipedia.org].
"Bet you twenty dollars he makes that shot again." "No way! You're on!" *hits instant replay*
Re:Autodesk will lose (Score:3, Funny)
Wait, murder is mandated by law? How many murders do I have to commit?
Re:Autodesk will lose (Score:5, Funny)
Good luck with that montra
Quick! Montra is coming! We must wake Gojira!
Re: Licensed books (Score:1, Funny)
Someone called "couchslug" is rallying the people to arms. I'm waiting for "AngryPatriot" to come along and tell him to sit down, chill out, open a beer and watch some TV.