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Ebooks
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Global Media and Communications Watch
A second market for “used” e-books – CJEU will decide
By Nils Rauer, Alastair Shaw, Penny Thornton
Ever since the European Court of Justice (CJEU) in its highly regarded UsedSoft ruling declared the resale of “used” software admissible (dated 3 July 2012, C-128/11), the discussion has persistently…
Internet Newsletter for Lawyers
Legal ebooks: who needs them?
By Nick Holmes
Back in November 2012, I described in the Newsletter how, since ebooks had hit the big time, the law publishers had enthusiastically responded. Where are we now? In terms of…
Competition chronicle
The Canadian Competition Tribunal’s Jurisdiction: Broader Than You May Think
The Canadian Competition Tribunal recently dismissed a jurisdictional challenge by HarperCollins to the Commissioner of Competition’s application for an order prohibiting the implementation of an alleged agreement between HarperCollins and other…
Competition chronicle
Kobo’s Quest for Status Quo in the E-books Market: A Never Ending Story
On February 17, 2017, Toronto-based e-books retailer Rakuten Kobo Inc. (“Kobo”) sought judicial review of the consent agreements reached between the Commissioner of Competition (“Commissioner”) and three e-books publishers earlier…
Global Media and Communications Watch
CJEU: Landmark decision on digital lending of e-books
By Nils Rauer, Eva Vonau
On 10 November 2016, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) rendered a landmark decision on the lending of e-books. Public libraries may rely on statutory copyright exceptions when lending out…
Dewey B Strategic
Halloween Howl– British Comedian Tracey Ullman’s Sketch:The Kindle Killed the Library Book
By Jean O'Grady
Speaking of comic, librarian stereotypes... while I was writing my prior post on the AALL rebranding... I watched the rebroadcast on HBO of Tracy Ullman's new BBC show "Tracey Ullman's…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Advocate General comments on lending of e-books
By Nils Rauer, Eva Vonau
Will the lending of e-books be governed by the same rules as the lending of "classic" printed books? This is an important question that public libraries and others are eagerly…
SDNY Blog
Supreme Court Denies Cert in Apple E-Books Antitrust Case
Today, the Supreme Court denied Apple's petition for certiorari in the government's antitrust case against it over e-books. Our prior posts on the case are here.
ContractsProf Blog
Apple, Publishers, E-book Price Fixing — and Effective Assignments of Claims
The antitrust ruling finding Apple engaged in anticompetitive behavior with regard to the e-book industry has resulted in a number of follow-up suits by parties allegedly harmed by Apple and…
Media Law Prof Blog
E-Books, Online Book Retailers, and the Decline of Independent Booksellers
Richard Gilbert, University of California, Berkeley, is publishing E-Books: A Tale of Digital Disruption in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. Here is the abstract.E-book sales surged after Amazon introduced the…