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Supreme Court issues major copyright ruling on foreign sales
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| 3/19/2013
| David Savage
Posted on 03/19/2013 9:28:39 AM PDT by tobyhill
Edited on 03/19/2013 9:29:28 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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The Supreme Court, in a major ruling on copyright law, has given foreign buyers of textbooks, movies and other products a right to resell them in the United States without the permission of the copyright owner. The 6-3 decision is a victory for a former USC student from Thailand, Supap Kirtsaeng, who figured he could earn money by buying textbooks at lower costs in his native country and selling them in the United States.
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:28:39 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
To: tobyhill
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:33:07 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: tobyhill
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:33:27 AM PDT
by
CGASMIA68
To: tobyhill
To: t1b8zs
Yep! It means once someone buys a movie or music for the first time then they are entitled to do whatever they want with it. From what I read, the student was buying over there, selling over here on our soil.
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:36:48 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
To: tobyhill
Then what about meds??? What say you to that USSC?
To: free from tyranny
Exactly my thought - pharmaceuticals.
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:38:01 AM PDT
by
alancarp
(Obama will grab your guns and ship them to Mexican drug mobs.)
To: alancarp
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:39:40 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: tobyhill
The textbook publishing companies with their ridiculous overpricing brought this upon themselves.
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:40:38 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: free from tyranny
Meds have to be inspected by the FDA first and be prescribed by a doc but in this case they used a “first sale” rule which opens the door for everything.
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:41:01 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
To: tobyhill
sounds like the right decision
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:41:12 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: t1b8zs
Happens every day. Many used/new bookstores around my town. Do you think they send their profit to the writer??
To: longtermmemmory
I don’t see how they can ban anything from this, they have established the precedent.
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:41:31 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: tobyhill
Now if he copied the books and then sold them, that would be a whole different matter and a copyright violation.
To: tobyhill
First thoughts.....
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT!!!!
On reflection, how is it, that creature scotus-penguinis-limpis is even dealing with international patent and trademark law? If it is USIP and proven to be USIP, then the IP owner or his agents decide if it can be sold or if royalties are required, NOT the fer govt.
KYPD what the he!! is going on here???
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:45:27 AM PDT
by
petro45acp
(No good endeavour survives an excess of adult supervision)
To: Sacajaweau
What if the company that bought the books gave him permission to copy the books?
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:47:06 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
To: tobyhill
...uh. Maybe it is time to start over in this great experiment. Time to find the tea, a nice harbor, and a few like-minded RE-Patriots?
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:50:17 AM PDT
by
ThePatriotsFlag
( EVERY DIME Obama Spends is given to him by the Republicans in the House.)
To: All
Overseas company purchases a Blue-Ray Movie for $5 a copy, turns around and sells the same copy over here for $8 but a company here buys it directly from the producers for $10 a copy and the company sells it for $15. Which one will you buy?
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:54:29 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
To: tobyhill
Copyright holders would love it if they could forbid you to sell a used DVD on eBay, which is where we would be heading if the ruling would have gone the other way.
To: tobyhill
From what I read, the student was buying over there, selling over here on our soil. Buying full price over there and providing the copyright-owner with the profit they agreed to. Now let's get that same Opinion for medications that are identical to the FDA formularies.
Interesting split - Kennedy, Ginsberg, and Scalia dissented.
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posted on
03/19/2013 9:57:18 AM PDT
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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