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by Terr_ 954 days ago
It does apply to software: If I buy a game CD I can resell it without any copyright infringement.
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The CD is a physical good, though.

While the First Sale Doctrine applies in principle to software, in practice nowadays it's very difficult to exercise that right. A lot of it is subscription-based, and reselling your subscription is pointless. Other stuff is DRM-encumbered, and/or tied to an online account in some form, so you can't really resell it successfully, at least not without breaking the DRM, which is in violation of a different law. And the manufacturer would claim that you've licensed the software, not actually bought it, anyway.

Gross.