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EFF, library groups argue against Autodesk's appeal
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, along with several other groups including the American Library Association, urged an appeals court to uphold a ruling in a long-running suit related to secondhand software sales.
The groups say that if the ruling is overturned, secondhand sales of copyright items including books and CDs could become illegal.
Late last year, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled in favor of Timothy Vernor, a man who tried to sell legitimate versions of Autocad software on eBay
Autodesk appealed the decision.
On Thursday, the EFF, the Consumer Federation of America, the American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Association of College and Research Libraries, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, and Public Knowledge filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit urging it to uphold the ruling.