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20 March 2013Copyright

Supreme Court delivers landmark Kirtsaeng copyright verdict

The US Supreme Court has delivered its verdict in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, ruling that legally purchased textbooks and other goods can be re-sold online and in discount stores without infringing US copyright law.

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