I have been writing about it for EFF, where we've been covering it as sort
of the latest front in a war on the right to consumer ownership. There have
been other attacks on first sale, and ridiculous EULAs, that all fit the
same description.

See what we're doing (and take action) here:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/your-right-own-under-threat
And see my wrap-up of the SCOTUS action (I was in the courtroom) here:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/parade-horribles-supreme-court-first-sale-kirtsaeng-v-wiley

Let me know if anybody's got questions or ideas for how we can take this to
the next level. That first piece caught some flak on Reddit for sounding
sensationalist, which -- if you know me -- is pretty odd. For what it's
worth, I stand by the whole thing, and think that the
worst-(plausible)-case scenarios here are Really That Bad.

Thanks,
Parker

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Boris Mindzak <[email protected]>wrote:

> I'm surprised that there doesn't seem to be more chatter about this case
> here. It would basically throw first sale doctrine into chaos.
>
>
> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/supreme-court-seeks-a-way-around-perpetual-copyright-on-foreign-goods/?comments=1#comments-bar
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> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/a-supreme-court-clash-could-change-what-ownership-means/
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