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That is the question the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) is asking:
 
You know your copyright laws are broken when there is no easy answer to this question.
Traditionally, it has been the job of the “first sale” doctrine to enable gift giving — that’s the provision of copyright law that entitles the owner of a CD, book, or other [...]

Ok, file this in the WTF department?
The Obama administration is negotiating a new treaty to cover copyright infringement, a rather ominous act that is going to include a whole slew of provisions privacy rights advocates will like run from in horror.  A new twist was reported in Wired today
The White House this week declared (.pdf) the text [...]