The right of an owner of copyrighted material to sell or otherwise dispose of purchased copyrighted materials without permission of the copyright owner is recognized by the Supreme Court through the:

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The first sale doctrine, also known as the exhaustion doctrine, allows the owner of a lawfully made copy of a copyrighted work to dispose of that copy without the permission of the copyright owner. This was recognized by the Supreme Court in the case of Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. L'anza Research International, Inc. (1998).

The Right of an Owner of Copyrighted Material to Sell