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CPUShack
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 Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:56 pm Post subject: And a win in the courts for CPU Collectors |
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(you didnt know we had a case going did ya?)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7450112.stm
| Quote: | Dismissing the American case, US District Court Judge S James Otero said that Mr Augusto was protected by the "first sale" doctrine in copyright law.
This says that once a copyright owner gives away a copy of a CD, DVD or book, the recipient is entitled to sell it on. |
The same is true of ES CPU's, namely Intel who likes to have the auctions for them pulled
| Quote: | They can be recognised by markings such as "For promotional use only" or "Not for resale", visible on the record or CD artwork and sometimes on the disc label itself.
But the judge said that such labelling did not alter the legal position.
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So yes, a win for ES collectors, and a strike on Intel.
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JAC
Joined: 24 Jul 2005
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Sadly, eBay does not always see it this way. I have heard of Intel using the VERO copyright thing to get engineering samples of the latest Intel cpus pulled from ebay. Of course the seller just relists them under a new name and is often not caught. I cant see Intel caring very much about ES from 1994 being sold on ebay.
I have never had a sample direct from Intel, I have always assumed the testing cpus sent to the likes of tomshardware and anandtech were sent under contract? |
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