Book contents
- Copyright Exhaustion
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
- Copyright Exhaustion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Theory of Copyright Exhaustion
- 2 The Doctrine of Exhaustion in the Copyright Law of the EU
- 3 The First-Sale Doctrine in the Copyright Law of the US
- 4 Digital Exhaustion in the EU and the US
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2022
- Copyright Exhaustion
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
- Copyright Exhaustion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Theory of Copyright Exhaustion
- 2 The Doctrine of Exhaustion in the Copyright Law of the EU
- 3 The First-Sale Doctrine in the Copyright Law of the US
- 4 Digital Exhaustion in the EU and the US
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
Summary
On September 8, 2020, Omega Auctions, a top auction house for music memorabilia and vinyl records, offered for sale a rare CD copy of Ed Sheeran’s first ever, unreleased album, Spinning Man. While the CD’s opening price was £10,000, it ultimately sold for £61,500 including the buyer’s premium. Mr. Sheeran had given away said copy to a relative’s friend when he stayed and slept at his relative’s house during his busking days. Over a decade later, the brother of that friend found the demo in a drawer and subsequently sold it at the auction. In his 2014 book, Mr. Sheeran wrote that he had produced twenty copies of the album himself and created the cover art, too. Nevertheless, he was unwilling to allow “anyone else to get hold of a copy,” and he therefore kept the remaining nineteen CDs.1
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- Copyright ExhaustionLaw and Policy in the United States and the European Union, pp. 1 - 6Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022