Librarianship in an Evolving Legal Environment: Litigation Update Anne Gilliland UNC Scholarly Communications Officer

Overarching Theme The“monopoly” rights of the copyright holder versus the statutory and common law limits on those rights. Some of the cases directly involve libraries. All are relevant to libraries

First Sale and Control of Markets Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons Capitol Records v. Redigi U.S. v. Apple

“The Court’s parade of horribles is largely imaginary…no court, it appears, has been called upon to answer any of the Court’s “horribles” in an actual case…Routinely suing one’s customers is hardly a best business practice.”— Justice Ginsburg’s dissent in Kirtsaeng

Fair Use: Transformation and More Cambridge Univ. Press et al. v. Patton, et al. (Georgia State) Cariou v. Prince

Standing: Who Speaks for Authors? Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google, Inc. --The long and winding road Authors Guild, Inc. v. Hathi Trust

To Be Continued…