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Upcoming Supreme Court case : Can you resell your own stuff???
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What will the statists say?? Probably yes but you have to pay a tax, otherwise you're a criminal! [ link to www.marketwatch.com] Your right to resell your own stuff is in peril
It could become illegal to resell your iPhone 4, car or family antiques
Tucked into the U.S. Supreme Court’s busy agenda this fall is a little-known case that could upend your ability to resell everything from your grandmother’s antique furniture to your iPhone 4. Reading more into this, the case involves importing goods from outside the US, then reselling them here in the US. As quoted from the article: [ quote] The case stems from Supap Kirtsaeng’s college experience. A native of Thailand, Kirtsaeng came to America in 1997 to study at Cornell University. When he discovered that his textbooks, produced by Wiley, were substantially cheaper to buy in Thailand than they were in Ithaca, N.Y., he rallied his Thai relatives to buy the books and ship them to him in the United States.
He then sold them on eBay, making upward of $1.2 million, according to court documents.
Wiley, which admitted that it charged less for books sold abroad than it did in the United States, sued him for copyright infringement. Kirtsaeng countered with the first-sale doctrine.[/ quote] The language involves profiteering without a business license to do so, Just saying. This does not involve selling your old used iPod on eBay.  thanx for that, I've just made a dick of myself with my previous post. Make note toself, verify article before typing.
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