Kirtsaeng
In the wake of the Kirtsaeng oral argument, I wanted to look at a strange thing about how the first sale doctrine works in our copyright laws. The first sale doctrine makes it legal for you to sell, lend, or give away copies of copyrighted works that you own.
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After nearly two years of debates, never-ending commercials, donation solicitations and ever-present polling, Election Day is over and the results are in. As many had predicted, the balance of government has not changed significantly. Democrats will retain the Presidency and control of the Senate, and Republicans will continue to control the House, albeit by a slightly smaller margin than before.
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There were three separate theories of section 109's interpretation in the Court today: Kirtsaeng's, made by Josh Rosenkranz; Wiley's, made by Ted Olson, and the U.S. Government's made by Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart. Kirtsaeng's position is that "lawfully made under this title" means "made lawfully," and that to judge what "lawfully" means, we look to the standards of title 17.
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There were three separate theories of section 109's interpretation in the Court today: Kirtsaeng's, made by Josh Rosenkranz; Wiley's, made by Ted Olson, and the U.S. Government's made by Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart. Kirtsaeng's position is that "lawfully made under this title" means "made lawfully," and that to judge what "lawfully" means, we look to the standards of title 17.
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Recordings of the oral arguments should be posted later in the week. In the meantime, if you’re looking for some background on the case, see Jodie's post here, or read on below.
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Recordings of the oral arguments should be posted later in the week. In the meantime, if you’re looking for some background on the case, see Jodie's post here, or read on below.
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Contacts:
Demand Progress: David Moon, moon@demandprogress.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Rebecca Jeschke, rebecca@eff.org
Engage: Patrick Ruffini, patrick@engagedc.com
Fight for the Future: Douglas Schatz, pdschatz@gmail.com
Public Knowledge: Sherwin Siy, ssiy@publicknowledge.org
Over 100,000 Sign Petition Calling for Protection of Ownership Rights
Citizens rally as oral argument nears in Kirtsaeng v. Wiley case in U.S. Supreme Court
Today, Public Knowledge filed a public interest amicus brief in the Supreme Court case of Kirtsaeng v. Wiley & Sons, Inc., a dispute that has the potential to drastically alter users’ property rights in their own copies of books, movies, music, software—in fact, any copyrighted material. The case began with a Thai student studying in the United States who realized that international editions of textbooks cost significantly less than the U.S. editions. He then imported international editions and resold them. Wiley & Sons sued under the theory that these sales violated their exclusive distribution rights.
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Today, Public Knowledge filed a “friend of the court” brief in the Supreme Court case of Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., urging it to preserve the first sale right for copies of works made overseas.
Background:
The first sale doctrine allows owners of lawfully made copies to distribute them without having to seek the permission of the copyright owner. Without it, it would be illegal to sell, lend, or even give away anything that contains a copyrighted work. The Supreme Court is reviewing a decision of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that would eliminate first sale for copies of works made outside of the United States.
The following may be attributed to Sherwin Siy, Vice President of Legal Affairs:
PK et al. Amicus Brief in Kirtsaeng v. John WIley & Sons, Inc.
July 09, 2012
This is the amicus brief filed by Public Knowledge, EFF, U.S. PIRG, the American Association of Law Libraries, and the Special Libraries Association in support of Supap Kirtsaeng in the Supreme Court. This document is available as a pdf.
Today, a group of public interest organizations, including Public Knowledge, launched a petition asking the Obama administration to affirm the concept of ownership rights—the idea that consumers should actually fully own the things that they buy.
This may seem like a fairly obvious concept not in need of affirming, but the fact of the matter is that increasingly bizarre interpretations of copyright law threaten to make it illegal for you to sell, lend, or give away many of the things you own.
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It looks like we’ll soon know whether the Supreme Court will help referee an increasingly common fight between publishers (and other distributors and manufacturers) and consumers who sell or give away their used copies of books, music, games, and basically anything that contains a copyrighted work. Publishers and manufacturers want to be able to control—or stop—sales of used goods, while consumers want to be able to dispose of their own physical property however they see fit. What the Court chooses to do could have enormous ramifications for consumers and businesses across the country that sell or lend copies of copyrighted goods, from books to toys to automobiles.
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