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"The state librarian of Kansas, with the backing of state attorney general's office, "
I would be better at doing brain surgery with a hammer than trying to make any attempt at understanding the law. But I would guess that if their attorney general's office is going ahead with it they must think that there is some possibility of winning.
When I first bought software I bought my copy of the software and could sell it so long as I didn't keep a copy. (Yes, it was a long time ago.)
Nowadays people purchase a right to use the software for a time on one (or with multiple licenses, more than one) computer under certain restrictions. I don't even want to use the word "buy".
If they win, it might mean that they actually own their copy of the material (ebooks, emusic, etc). This'll probably go on for years. The industries involved can't let people (or even governments) actually own what they pay for. (And, yes, I am being sarcastic.)
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