Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons
The United States Supreme Court is today hearing the case of Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons. This is a fantastic copyright case that asks the Supreme Court to interpret what appears to be two contradictory provisions of the US copyright law. The bottom line issue is whether so-called “gray market” imports of literary works printed (or otherwise made) and acquired outside the United States are allowed under US copyright law. In the case, a Thai man financed his US college and