# The Resale of Books and Music: Legal?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-resale-of-books-and-music-legal/207160>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 13, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-resale-of-books-and-music-legal/207160 "2003-10-13T11:43:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-resale-of-books-and-music-legal/207160/21 "2003-10-14T15:29:46Z")

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Note that the _Diamond Multimedia_ case applies only throughout the Ninth Circuit which includes several western states. A similar case arising in, say, Ohio or Virginia could lead to a completely different legal result.

–Cliffy

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-resale-of-books-and-music-legal/207160/22 "2003-10-14T15:51:28Z")

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True, but it is now a precedent. I think it’d be easier rather than harder to get the same decision if it was brought up again in a different circuit.

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