Per the First Sale Doctrine, can I stream a DVD?
<p>If I buy a DVD or Blu-ray, rent it to someone, and stream it to them for their personal/private use, is that permissible via the First Sale Doctrine?</p>

<p>Note that I'm not ripping the DVD or Blu-ray, but inserting the physical copy into the computer drive and streaming it to someone else.</p>

<p>First sale doctrine is about selling something that you bought. You buy X, you pay your money, you have it and you own it. You don't want it anymore, so you sell it to me for money. Now you don't have X anymore, but I have it. That's what First Sale Doctrine is about: That you can buy something, and then you sell everything you have, including all the copies, to someone else. </p>

<p>What you are suggesting is absolutely nothing like that. You buy a DVD, you stream it, and after that you still have the DVD. That is absolutely not covered. What would be covered is that you sell the DVD to me, you hand over the DVD for cash, and you hand all the copies that you made over to me as well and destroy any traces that you still have. After the sale, you have my money and nothing else. </p>

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