Technology has always been a few light years ahead of the law, and when the law catches up, tech usually has moved on to the next big thing. So, because of the glacial pace in which case law does expand, which is an inverse relationship with tech, it sometimes creates problems on the technical aspects …
Category: first sale doctrine
“Au revoir” to California Resale Royalties Act, Says Ninth Circuit
In what will be a major case to shake up the art world, the nation’s only droit de suite statute has again been eviscerated as a federal appeals court has found the resale royalty right only applies to a narrow timeframe aspect of the statute. On July 6, 2018, the Court of Appeals for the …