NORTH CAROLINA JOURNAL OF LAW & TECHNOLOGY Volume 15 | Issue 3 Article 3 3-1-2014 Why Rent When You Can Own: How ReDigi, Apple, and Amazon Will Use the Cloud and the Digital First Sale Doctrine to Resell Music, E- Books, Games, and Movies John T. Soma Michael K. Kugler Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.unc.edu/ncjolt Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation John T. Soma & Michael K. Kugler, Why Rent When You Can Own: How ReDigi, Apple, and Amazon Will Use the Cloud and the Digital First Sale Doctrine to Resell Music, E-Books, Games, and Movies, 15 N.C. J.L. & Tech. 425 (2014). Available at: http://scholarship.law.unc.edu/ncjolt/vol15/iss3/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Carolina Law Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology by an authorized administrator of Carolina Law Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. NORTH CAROLINA JOURNAL OF LAW & TECHNOLOGY VOLUME 15, ISSUE 3: MARCH 2014 WHY RENT WHEN YOU CAN OWN? How REDIGI, APPLE, AND AMAZON WILL USE THE CLOUD AND THE DIGITAL FIRST SALE DOCTRINE TO RESELL MUSIC, E-BOOKS, GAMES, AND MOVIES John T. Soma* & Michael K. Kugler** ReDigi is a cloud based internet company that facilitates the buying and reselling of pre-owned digital music. A recent ruling against ReDigi by the U.S. District Courtfor the Southern District of New York seemed to cast doubt upon its business model. This article analyzes the decision in Capitol Records, LLC v.