KIRTSAENG v. JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.

No. 11-697.

133 S.Ct. 1351 (2013)

185 L.Ed.2d 392

Supap KIRTSAENG, dba Bluechristine99, Petitioner v. JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Joshua Rosenkranz , New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Theodore B. Olson , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Sam P. Israel , Sam P. Israel, P.C., New York, NY, E. Joshua Rosenkranz , Counsel of Record, Annette L. Hurst , Lisa T. Simpson , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Theodore B. Olson , Counsel of Record, Matthew D. McGill , Scott P. Martin , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondent.


Justice BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Section 106 of the Copyright Act grants "the owner of copyright under this title" certain "exclusive rights," including the right "to distribute copies ... of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership." 17 U.S.C. § 106(3). These rights are qualified, however, by the application of various limitations set forth in the next several sections of the Act, §§ 107 through 122...

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