At 10:34 AM 8/24/2008, CK MacLeod wrote:
Interesting observations, Rich. I always enjoy getting the benefit
of your experience in copyright-related issues. (BTW, on that note,
would you agree with me that Ron's interpretation of First Sale is
ill-founded in the case of "stolen" goods?)
Colin
I should have added pointedly:
it does not matter if an item is resold over & over after it has been stolen
stolen goods are stolen goods until a statute of limitations passes
or until a rightful owner signs off
It does not matter if 100 people owned it before it was found by the
rightful owner, the person it was stolen from can reclaim it at any
time pursuant to local or federal laws
If owner #10 is found by the person from whom it was stolen, the
owner gets to reclaim the item at no cost and buyer #10 has civil
recourse against person #9 who has recourse against person #8 down to
#1 who was presumably - the thief
possession of a stolen item does not constitute owning title because
title to stolen items cannot be passed on by anyone but the rightful owner
Rich===========
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