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First Sale Doctrine for the movie Jabberwocky: 800 Buy Movies is an online retailer and legal owner of the physical copies of movies it sells, rents and exchanges such as the movie Jabberwocky. The promotion and advertisement of all movies, such as Jabberwocky DVD, advertised for sale or rental through the display of copies of box covers, including titles, actors names, producers, and the use of excerpts, synopses and previews of the movies is protected under the "first sale doctrine". 17 U.S.C. § 109 (a). The first sale doctrine protects the buyer's 800 Buy Movies interest in goods it has purchased for resale and rental of such DVD movies and videos as Jabberwocky Movie. Under the doctrine, once the copyright/trademark owner has sold its goods, such as the video movie Jabberwocky, it has exhausted its copyright/trademark rights in those goods and can no longer dictate how or where the buyer uses or redistributes those goods. The "first sale doctrine" protects retailers, such as 800 Buy Movies, in the promotion, advertisement, rental and sale of copyrighted works.
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