oggbashan
Dying Truth seeker
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From my bookdealers' newsletter:
It seems inconceivable to many outside the USA, but US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld the judgment that sales of all books 'printed' outside the USA are now banned within the area of the Court.
This has caused some concern and not just to those working in the areas affected as we report below.
On the face of it, this judgment cannot be easily policed and commonsense suggests that somehow, this judgment has to be amended. But as one of our readers points out, and based on precedent, this may not be easily achieved.
To an outsider, two aspects appear to be inescapable: the law is almost impossible to enforce, and the courts seem to have missed the point that it is the 'purpose' in the act of importing and then selling in the USA that is crucial. It is one thing to import and then sell a personal copy of a book printed outside the USA - and another to import large numbers of books from overseas for subsequent resale with intent to avoid territorial rights.
What will this mean for antique books? For books never printed in the US?
Og
It seems inconceivable to many outside the USA, but US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld the judgment that sales of all books 'printed' outside the USA are now banned within the area of the Court.
This has caused some concern and not just to those working in the areas affected as we report below.
On the face of it, this judgment cannot be easily policed and commonsense suggests that somehow, this judgment has to be amended. But as one of our readers points out, and based on precedent, this may not be easily achieved.
To an outsider, two aspects appear to be inescapable: the law is almost impossible to enforce, and the courts seem to have missed the point that it is the 'purpose' in the act of importing and then selling in the USA that is crucial. It is one thing to import and then sell a personal copy of a book printed outside the USA - and another to import large numbers of books from overseas for subsequent resale with intent to avoid territorial rights.
What will this mean for antique books? For books never printed in the US?
Og