Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by onion2k 3449 days ago
If the newspaper stand was taking a copy of a newspaper from the publisher and making it available to millions of people by posting it on the internet then yes, they would need a license.
1 comments

Ok. A newspaper stand that accepts returns.
A newspaper stand doesn't make copies. First sale doctrine roughly means you don't need a license if you're just selling an object with the licensed content in it.