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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">News from the ALA Washington Office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [District Dispatch] ALA Joins Coalition to Protect Library Lending Rights<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Today, the American Library Association announced that it has joined—as a founding member—the Owners' Rights Initiative (ORI)—a coalition of retailers, libraries, educators, Internet companies and associations working to protect ownership rights in the United
States.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The coalition was formed to champion "first-sale rights," or ownership rights, as the issue will be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Kirtsaeng vs. Wiley & Sons, Inc. on October 29, 2012. The Supreme Court's decision could have adverse consequences
for libraries and call into question libraries' abilities to lend books and materials that were manufactured overseas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Read the Owners' Rights Initiative statement below to learn more about the coalition and the case:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"> <strong>You Bought It, You Own It! Owners' Rights Initiative Launches to Protect Consumers' Rights</strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><em>Coalition of businesses, associations, educators and libraries join together to protect ownership rights and global commerce</em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Today, a diverse coalition of retailers, libraries, educators, Internet companies and associations joined together to launch the Owners' Rights Initiative (ORI) to protect ownership rights in the United States. ORI is committed to ensuring the right to resell
genuine goods, regardless of where they were manufactured. The organization believes that this right is critical to commerce and will engage in advocacy, education and outreach on this important issue.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>"The sudden erosion of ownership rights is becoming an alarming trend in the United States due to recent federal court decisions. Our position is simple: if you bought it, you own it, and you can resell it, rent it, lend it or donate it, and we believe the
American people fundamentally agree. ORI will serve as a powerful voice to advocate for ownership rights while educating consumers, businesses and policymakers about this critical cause," said ORI Executive Director Andrew Shore.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For over 100 years in the United States, if you bought something, you owned it and could resell it. Once the copyright owner makes the first sale, the right of ownership, and therefore the right to distribute, is transferred to the purchaser– a common law
right referred to as the ‘first sale doctrine.' Today, this fundamental ownership right is at issue in the Kirtsaeng vs. Wiley case, which will be argued before the Supreme Court on October 29, 2012.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The case centers on a graduate student, Supap Kirtsaeng, who bought authentic textbooks – published by John Wiley & Sons – through friends and family in Thailand and sold them online in the United States. Kirtsaeng was sued by the book publisher, who claimed
that the right of first sale did not apply because the books were manufactured overseas, and he was therefore not authorized to sell the books.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>"It is hard to conceive that Congress intended to incentivize manufacturers to move operations overseas, force American consumers to pay higher prices, make it hard for us to donate our own stuff to charity, and cripple the ability of libraries to lend books—without
saying anything like that in the law," said Marvin Ammori, a legal advisor to ORI and an Affiliate Scholar at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society. He explained that if the high court rules in favor of Wiley's interpretation, "it could be illegal
for American consumers and businesses to sell, lend, or give away the things they own– but only if the company happened to have manufactured the goods overseas and put a little copyrighted logo or text on them. But being able to sell your own property is a
fundamental liberty recognized for centuries and a pillar of a market economy. Where a product was manufactured should be irrelevant for this fundamental right."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>ORI members are concerned that loss of basic ownership rights through a misinterpretation of copyright law could have significant, adverse consequences for global commerce and could impact consumers, small and large businesses, retailers, libraries and more.
The founding members of ORI are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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American Free Trade Association<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
American Library Association<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Association of Research Libraries<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Association of Service and Computer Dealers & the North American Association of Telecommunications Dealers (AscdiNatd)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Chegg<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
eBay Inc.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Goodwill Industries International, Inc.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Impulse Technology<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Internet Commerce Coalition<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
International Imaging Technology Council (ITC)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Network Hardware Resale<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Overstock.com<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Powell's Books<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Quality King Distributors, Inc.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Redbox<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
United Network Equipment Dealers Association (UNEDA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
XS International<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p>Hillary Brill, senior global policy counsel to eBay Inc. said, "The Supreme Court now has an opportunity to protect the right of small businesses and individuals to sell legitimate goods across borders, which will benefit consumers, businesses and the overall
Internet-enabled economy. At eBay, we are passionate about using technology to open world markets. Ownership rights are fundamental to commerce. They provide both opportunities for entrepreneurs and small businesses to engage in global trade and provide more
options for consumers at competitive prices."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Joseph Marion is the President of the Association of Service and Computer Dealers International and the North American Association of Telecommunications Dealers (AscdiNatd), an ORI member association representing business that sells used and refurbished
telecommunications and computer equipment. Marion explained that businesses in his industry, which employs over 100,000 people in the United States, would be jeopardized if they lost the right to freely import and resell products. "This threat is very real.
Manufacturers would be able to eliminate competition and control downstream distribution of products by simply moving manufacturing overseas," Marion said.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A Supreme Court decision against Kirtsaeng would also have implications for organizations that lend copyrighted goods, including libraries and companies like Redbox, which rents movies. "Anyone who has ever borrowed books or other materials should be paying
attention to this case," said Corey Williams, associate director of government relations from the American Library Association. "Libraries rely on the protections of the first sale doctrine in order to lend books. It is critically important for the Supreme
Court to recognize the impact this case could have on libraries and the public that they serve."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), an ORI member, further explained the impact of the case on students and educators. "University libraries collect and preserve materials of all kinds from all over the world to support teaching, learning, and research
for our students, faculty and members of the public," Prue Adler, associate executive director of ARL said. "The materials we own and collect are held in trust for the public and for future generations."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Alfred Paliani, President of the American Free Trade Association and General Counsel of Quality King Distributors, Inc. a large distributor of consumer products and the prevailing party in Quality King v. L'Anza, the Supreme Court decision that upheld the
first sale doctrine in the context of copyrighted merchandise produced in the United States said that, "the cross-border flow of legitimate, secondary and discount goods into the United States is a critical component of free market. AFTA and Quality King have
been fighting this battle for over 20 years and welcome so many strong advocates to the fight."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Andrew Shore, executive director of ORI added, "Ownership rights are fundamental and they matter to everyone: students, educators, large companies, small businesses, anyone who has every bought a good from a retailer or wholesaler or online seller, anyone
who rents books or movies, anyone who wants to resell their items online or at a yard sale or give their property away to charity. Regardless of what the Supreme Court decides in this case, we are committed to fighting for ownership rights over the long term."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>More information about ORI can be found at <a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/ESPSSFEOQY/KYOQSFEOTU/8847277786">
www.ownersrightsinitiative.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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