WASHINGTON, D.C. – Libraries, museums, retailers and others who buy copyrighted goods made abroad can resell them without violating federal copyright law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
The justices’ 6-3 ruling in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, 11-697, handed a huge victory to organizations, institutions and individuals whose reliance on the so-called first-sale doctrine is "deeply embedded" in their practices, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote.
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