Will Supreme Court protect your right to resell your own stuff?
The U.S. Supreme Court spent this morning wrestling with an obscure section of copyright law that could curb listings of used DVDs, CDs, books, and even GPS devices through marketplaces including eBay and Amazon.com.
Large copyright holders — including software companies, the Motion Picture Association of America, and the Recording Industry Association of America — have urged the court to limit Americans’ right to resell legally purchased products manufactured outside the United States.
Many of the justices seemed skeptical. Justice Stephen Breyer suggested that the copyright holders’…
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