In the US there is currently contradicting case law on the validity of click-wrap or shrink-wrap agreements.
This also exists in Canada:
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In Canada, consumer intellectual property goods are, in principle, subject to what is frequently called a first sale doctrine. Once a physical item containing intellectual property, such as a book, audio CD or video tape has been sold, the end user may, at his/her discretion, physically move, resell, lend or annotate (e.g. write notes in the margins of a book) the item. Indeed, the owner can do nearly anything to the item, short of produce additional copies or violate the creator's moral rights.
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http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/.../rp00585e.html
If you don't like how it will be used, you have the right not to sell it. But in the case of shrink-wrap agreements, the article in question has already been sold.
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