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First Sale Doctrine for the movie Moving Target: Porn Star Address Book is an online retailer and legal owner of the physical copies of movies it sells, rents and exchanges such as the movie Moving Target. The promotion and advertisement of all movies, such as Moving Target DVD, advertised for sale or rental through the display of copies of box covers, including titles, actors names, producers, and the use of excerpts, synopses and previews of the movies is protected under the "first sale doctrine". 17 U.S.C. § 109 (a). The first sale doctrine protects the buyer's Porn Star Address Book interest in goods it has purchased for resale and rental of such DVD movies and videos as Moving Target Movie. Under the doctrine, once the copyright/trademark owner has sold its goods, such as the video movie Moving Target, it has exhausted its copyright/trademark rights in those goods and can no longer dictate how or where the buyer uses or redistributes those goods. The "first sale doctrine" protects retailers, such as Porn Star Address Book, in the promotion, advertisement, rental and sale of copyrighted works.
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