Mezei, Péter --- "Meet the unavoidable – the challenges of digital second-hand marketplaces to the doctrine of exhaustion" [2019] ELECD 169; in Pihlajarinne, Taina; Vesala, Juha; Honkkila, Olli (eds), "Online Distribution of Content in the EU" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 62

Book Title: Online Distribution of Content in the EU

Editor(s): Pihlajarinne, Taina; Vesala, Juha; Honkkila, Olli

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781788119894

Section: Chapter 5

Section Title: Meet the unavoidable – the challenges of digital second-hand marketplaces to the doctrine of exhaustion

Author(s): Mezei, Péter

Number of pages: 17

Abstract/Description:

The doctrine of exhaustion, or the first sale doctrine, is both a fundamental principle of copyright law and an utmost guarantee for lawful owners of cultural goods to exercise their interests stemming from the right of property. Under this doctrine, the rightholder must accept that copies, or the originals of copyrighted works, and other subject matter lawfully placed into circulation by or with the authorization of the rightholder, through sale or in any other form of transfer of ownership, are subsequently distributed by the lawful owner of those copies or originals, if the rightholder received proper remuneration for the initial distribution. This chapter addresses mainly the question whether this doctrine might be applied for the online redistribution of works and other protected subject matter.