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