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> Kirtsaeng counter-argued that the first-sale doctrine rendered copyright no longer applicable I remember before this case, books used to have a clause in its
by potato-peeler 1y ago
> Kirtsaeng counter-argued that the first-sale doctrine rendered copyright no longer applicable
I remember before this case, books used to have a clause in its first page that resell or distribution is not allowed. So according to the first-sale doctrine, that clause has no enforceability?
- philipkglass 1y agoYes, the US Supreme Court ruled it unenforceable in 2013: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirtsaeng_v._John_Wiley_%26_Sons,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirtsaeng_v._John_Wiley_%26_So.... But it was easy to find resellers ignoring those restrictions before. I got some expensive scientific books that way in 2004.