Why are ANY Dvd's being allowed to be sold when it's wrong to do so.

[scuby109]

With all these copyright laws and things, why is Ebay allowing ANY dvd to be sold on here when each dvd says on the back "For Private Use Only"... So when you sell any dvd, aren't you violating and infringing on the copyright of the movie and distribution rights of the Studio who released it? Isn't that called "piracy"?? Here's a thought...get rid of the entire category of movies, dvd's, vhs, records, laser disc and all others and not allow any of these to be sold Ebay?huh?  Explain to me about this "Fair Use" thing I've heard talked about when you don't have the right to sell ANY movie and make money for yourself? Inquiring minds wanna know Ebay.

[downunder-61]

Not sure about the US, but a DVD previously owned and being sold or given to someone does not infringe any laws over here, no more than selling a book you no longer want coz you have read it.

Now renting the said DVD to someone and profiting that way, is another story.

[scuby109]

The US has some odd rules on what can and can't be done. The US is very a*al on things like this, where as other countries dont seem to be bothered by this at all. 

[sapphire_studio]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMG_Recordings,_Inc._v._Augusto

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@scuby109 wrote:

With all these copyright laws and things, why is Ebay allowing ANY dvd to be sold on here when each dvd says on the back "For Private Use Only"... So when you sell any dvd, aren't you violating and infringing on the copyright of the movie and distribution rights of the Studio who released it? ...

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No, you aren't.   "For private use" means you can't show it and sell tickets, and you can't make copies to sell.  But you can re-sell the item itself. 

[ten_o_nine]

@scuby109 

With all these copyright laws and things, why is Ebay allowing ANY dvd to be sold on here when each dvd says on the back "For Private Use Only".

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Because there are no DVDs for public use, I guess.

[marnotom!]

I'm in Canada, so please excuse me if this question comes off as being a bit whack, but how does a message of "for private use only" mean "cannot be sold or resold" if the buyer is using it for their own private use?

[ebeths_eclectic_collectibles]

Same is true often for fabric. You can sell a piece of Disney licensed fabric but you cannot make something out of the fabric and sell it 

[simba6]

Private use means you can't show them in public.  Like setting up a screen at a park or such.  Or setting up a movie lounge at your local store.  You can resell the DVD just not make copies of it.  

[annadryl]

You could also say it's wrong to try and sell a very common old stamp for $25K as super "rare" because it has the usual side-alingnment lines, just because you saw someone else doing it.

[gone.c-33]

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@ten_o_nine wrote:

@scuby109 

With all these copyright laws and things, why is Ebay allowing ANY dvd to be sold on here when each dvd says on the back "For Private Use Only".

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Because there are no DVDs for public use, I guess.

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There are, or at least used to be. The DVDs sent to Blockbuster didn’t have that mention and would cost BB much more than regular home consumer copies.

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@ebeths_eclectic_collectibles wrote:

Same is true often for fabric. You can sell a piece of Disney licensed fabric but you cannot make something out of the fabric and sell it 

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Yes, you can. The first sale doctrine means that once the copyrighted item is yours, you can not only resell it; you can do with it as you please before doing so. This means you can take pages out of a book and use them for a decoupage item that you sell; or sell individual ad pages out of magazines; or you can make something out of an authorized copyrighted fabric and sell it.  But you can't use your embroidery machine to make a copyrighted or trademarked design and sell that item.

The trademark comment (usually something like "for home use only") that appears on the selvage of some fabrics is bee ess.  Here's a case where Disney backed down from challenging the re-sale of their fabric in the form of handmade items. Scroll to the bottom of the page for a wealth of links to trademark issues and education.

http://www.tabberone.com/Trademarks/DisneyLawsuit/DisneyLawsuit.shtml

[jerseyboymusic]

Why does it matter?

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Waste-of-time/td-p/34291039

[chariot_badges]

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@marnotom! wrote:

I'm in Canada, so please excuse me if this question comes off as being a bit whack, but how does a message of "for private use only" mean "cannot be sold or resold" if the buyer is using it for their own private use?

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Canada is a socialist country leaning towards comunist.

US is a democratic country leaning toward socialist.

We are at different points on the scale, and laws reflect that.

I've seen books with that 'cant be resold' stamped on it, and sold them anyway because (so far) this is a free enough country that I can sell most things that I own.

Hey Marno ... can you sell your used Ford truck?  Or do you have to scrap it when you don't need it any more ... 

[buyselljack2016]

a thread a day................. keeps the boredom away🤣