“We hold that the first-sale doctrine applies to copies of a copyrighted work lawfully made abroad,” writes Breyer, who later adds that it is not surprising that for at least a century the “first sale” doctrine has played an important role in American copyright law.”
Yes they did and this is the courts opinion.
47 posted on 03/19/2013 11:26:57 AM PDT by tobyhill
No they didn’t. “Copies” refers to an original copy of the work that the copyright holder sold overseas (on a first-sale basis), not a copy of the work that a purchaser made of that original.