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Sat.Oct 27, 2012 - Fri.Nov 02, 2012

Copyright Case Could Threaten eBay and Garage Sales

Greenspoon Marder LLP

OCTOBER 28, 2012

By: Sharon Urias, Esq. A student from Thailand whose search for inexpensive college textbooks has now led to a legal battle involving federal copyright law that could determine the legal rights of Americans to sell thousands of used products on eBay, Craigslist and at garage sales and flea markets, as well. When Supap Kirtsaeng came from Thailand to attend college in the United States, he was shocked by the high price of textbooks.

The Coming Copyright Clash in Higher Education

Copycense

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Colleges and universities, however, have a major trump card to play to reduce the costs of higher education: they can reverse their longstanding custom against claiming work made for hire status. Instead, they could claim copyright ownership in scholarship as a way to avoid the scholarly publications crisis, and at once, justify this policy change as a way to cut the costs of education.

Higher Education

Sat.Oct 27, 2012 - Fri.Nov 02, 2012

Copyright Case Could Threaten eBay and Garage Sales

The Coming Copyright Clash in Higher Education

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