What are my legal rights if a thrift store resells handmade items I donated, and does the first sale doctrine apply to my specific situation?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
What are my legal rights if a thrift store resells handmade items I donated, and does the first sale doctrine apply to my specific situation?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
17 U.S.C. 109 first sale doctrine transfer ownership particular copy copyright office resale donated artworkGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
California law completed gift transfer ownership donated personal property thrift store charitable donation gift lawGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
U.S. Copyright Office first sale doctrine physical copy copyright ownership artwork resaleGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
17 U.S.C. 109 first sale doctrine transfer ownership particular copy copyright office resale donated artwork Google ↗
California law completed gift transfer ownership donated personal property thrift store charitable donation gift law Google ↗
U.S. Copyright Office first sale doctrine physical copy copyright ownership artwork resale Google ↗
- 17.28 Copyright—Affirmative Defense—First Sale (17 U.S.C. § 109(a)) · www3.ce9.uscourts.gov
- 17 U.S. Code § 109 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or phonorecord | U.S. Code | US Law · law.cornell.edu
- Resale Royalty Right · copyright.gov
- 17 U.S.C. § 202: Ownership of copyright as distinct from ownership of material object · uscode.house.gov
- What is Copyright? · copyright.gov
- California Civil Code § 1147 (2025) :: 2025 California Code :: U.S. Codes and Statutes :: U.S. Law :: Justia · law.justia.com
- California Civil Code § 1148 (2025) :: 2025 California Code :: U.S. Codes and Statutes :: U.S. Law :: Justia · law.justia.com
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 U.S.C. 109 first sale doctrine transfer ownership particular copy copyright office resale donated artwork OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
California law completed gift transfer ownership donated personal property thrift store charitable donation gift law OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
U.S. Copyright Office first sale doctrine physical copy copyright ownership artwork resale OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |