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“Owning” What You “Buy”: How Itunes Uses Federal Copyright Law To Limit Inheritability Of Content, And The Need To Expand The First Sale Doctrine To Include Digital Assets, Anthony C. Eichler
“Owning” What You “Buy”: How Itunes Uses Federal Copyright Law To Limit Inheritability Of Content, And The Need To Expand The First Sale Doctrine To Include Digital Assets, Anthony C. Eichler
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This article will first discuss the background and history of digital assets, the question of inheritability, and the inherent problems with the iTunes user agreement. Next, this article poses an argument that the iTunes user agreement is an adhesion contract leaving the consumer no choice but to accept, and further that the agreement leads to an unconscionable result that robs people of property rights that they likely (and reasonably) believed they had. Then it will discuss the First Sale Doctrine's applicability to assets generally and how federal copyright law needs to be amended and expanded so that the First Sale …