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Originally Posted by Redrob
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This case will massively hit video stores, game stores, used book stores and eBay. 
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No it won't. The vast majority of the products sold by those stores are American manufactured and fall under the First Sale Doctrine.
The facts of this case are very narrow, this kid did over 1 million dollar in sales selling a product that was expressly meant only to be sold to the Thai market to US students. That's why the publisher sued him and won.
I don't see how the decision massively hits anybody but somebody like this kid who tap danced around the law. The Chicken Littles in that article are wringing their hands about nothing. European and Asian manufacturers and exporters sell their products to American retailers and importers knowing they are going to be re-sold. The value of those products drops big time if they weren't allowed to be re-sold.
How can the Supreme Court even overturn the ruling - it's a 100 years old law regarding American manufactured products. How can they suddenly expand it to cover non-American products? That's not their job.
I must be missing something because the Supreme Court accepted the case and it doesn't accept many.