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"On December 13th, the Supreme Court missed an opportunity to provide much-needed clarity. The Court split evenly, 4-4, in Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S.A., which left standing a lower court case that the first sale doctrine applies only to copies manufactured in the United States. While this does not finally decide the issue, it allows the lower court decision to stand, which means any copyright owner can defeat first sale rights merely by moving disc or book replication offshore."
Wait.... So does this mean it could be illegal in the US to sell a used book printed in England or Canada?
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