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height="120" width="100" align="left">Nobody
gets excited about copyright law (well, almost
nobody), but over the years we've posted several
items of copyright news in this blog, because many
of the problems with libraries and ebook lending
are copyright-related. So here we are again, with
a post about copyright, because Amazon and Apple
have just recently applied for patents on systems
that would allow people to resell digital
materials, including ebooks. This will open a
discussion of the current interpretation of
copyright law as it applies to digital items, and
will probably lead to some high-profile court
cases. ReDigi, an early reseller of digital goods,
has already been sued by Capitol Records. Such
court cases could have a direct effect on what
libraries can legally do with ebooks.
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/technology/revolution-in-the-resale-of-digital-books-and-music.html">Imagining
a swap meet for e-books and music</a> (New
York Times/David Streitfeld) "For over a
century, the ability of consumers, secondhand
bookstores and libraries to do whatever they
wanted with a physical book has been enshrined
in law. The crucial 1908 case involved a
publisher that issued a novel with a warning
that no one was allowed to sell it for less than
$1. When Macy's offered the book for 89 cents,
the publisher sued. That led to a landmark
Supreme Court ruling limiting the copyright
owner's control to the first sale. After that,
it was a free market. Sales of digital material
are considered licenses, which give consumers
little or no ability to lend the item."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/apple-joins-amazon-in-quest-to-establish-market-for-used-ebooks/">Apple
joins Amazon in quest to establish market for
used ebooks</a> (Digital Book World) "ReDigi's
position is that the so-called 'first sale
doctrine' applies to digital files, which would
mean that it would be legal for an individual to
sell her own property (a digital file). The
first sale doctrine essentially limits the
copyright holder's rights to the first sale of
each copy of a work, meaning that the new owner
(the first buyer) can re-sell that copy of the
work without permission or limitation from the
original copyright holder. While ReDigi bills
itself as an exchange for used digital music,
there are obvious implications for the ebook
market."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/retailing/article/56004-sale-of-used-e-books-getting-closer.html">Sale
of used e-books getting closer</a> (Publishers
Weekly/Judith Rosen) "...ReDigi uses a so-called
'verification engine' to determine whether a
given song, or soon an e-book, has been legally
downloaded and can be resold. And it provides an
'atomic transaction' that transfers content
without copying it. 'With ReDigi's method,'
states [CEO John] Ossenmacher, 'only the
"original" good is instantaneously/atomically
transferred from seller to buyer, without any
copies.'"</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/03/apple-follows-amazon-with-patent-for-resale-of-e-books-music/">Apple
follows Amazon with patent for resale of
e-books, music</a> (Ars Technica/Jacqui Cheng)
"With digital powerhouses like Apple and Amazon
seemingly on the same wavelength, content owners
may be feeling the pressure to comply, even if
they think their work is being devalued. There's
another angle to these patents as well. If Apple
and Amazon were to create markets for used
digital goods, it would put them in conflict
with the software industry. The software
industry has fought hard for the right to stop
resales it doesn't like-and it has generally won
the argument that digital goods are 'licensed'
and can't be resold."</li>
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sale fact:</em></strong></small><br>
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<div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;">John
Palfrey's <a
href="http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/03/copyright/why-we-miss-the-first-sale-doctrine-in-digital-libraries/">post</a>
last week on Library Journal's "Digital Shift"
blog explains how the first sale doctrine is
fundamental to the library business.
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