FYI, from the ARL Directors discussion list, today (ARL = Association of Research Libraries)
The Supreme Court just announced the much-anticipated decision in Kirtsaeng v. Wiley, a lawsuit regarding the bedrock principle of the first sale doctrine. The 6-3 opinion is a total victory for libraries and our users. It vindicates the principle of the first sale doctrine -- if you bought it, you own it. All who believe in that principle, and the certainty it provides to libraries and many other parts of our culture and economy, should applaud the Court for correcting the legal ambiguity that led to this case in the first place. It is especially gratifying that Justice Breyer’s majority opinion focused on the considerable harm that the Second Circuit’s opinion would have caused libraries. - Prudence Adler Info on Kirstaeng v. Wiley: Association of American Publishers http://www.publishers.org/kirtsaeng-faq/ Citizens for Ownership Rights http://ownershiprights.org/kirtsaeng-vs-wiley Cornell University Legal Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cert/11-697 -deg deg farrelly, Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Hayden Library C1H1 P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 Phone: 602.332.3103 --- To market, to market, to find some fresh film… I'm attending the 2013 National Media Market, November 3-7 In Charleston, South Carolina. See you there?
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