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First Sale Doctrine for the movie M3: Rough an' Ready: Movie Film Fest is an online retailer and legal owner of the physical copies of movies it sells, rents and exchanges such as the movie M3: Rough an' Ready. The promotion and advertisement of all movies, such as M3: Rough an' Ready 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 Movie Film Fest interest in goods it has purchased for resale and rental of such DVD movies and videos as M3: Rough an' Ready Movie. Under the doctrine, once the copyright/trademark owner has sold its goods, such as the video movie M3: Rough an' Ready, 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 Movie Film Fest, in the promotion, advertisement, rental and sale of copyrighted works.
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