[Libs-Or] INFORMATION Fwd: [District Dispatch] Library Copyright Alliance: Costco v. Omega may threaten libraries’ lending rights

[Diedre Conkling]

FYI

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From: <jterry at alawash.org>
Date: Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:08 PM
Subject: [District Dispatch] Library Copyright Alliance: Costco v. Omega may
threaten libraries’ lending rights
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District Dispatch has posted a new item, ‘Library Copyright Alliance: Costco
v. Omega may threaten libraries’ lending rights’

The American Library Association as a member of the Library Copyright
Alliance
(LCA) today filed an amicus curiae brief
(http://www.librarycopyrightalliance.org/bm~doc/lca-costco-amicus.pdf) with
the
Supreme Court of the United States in support of petitioner Costco Wholesale
Corporation in Costco v. Omega.

Omega, a luxury watch manufacturer, claims Costco infringed its copyrights
by
importing authentic Omega watches from abroad rather than buying them from
the
U.S. distributer at a higher price.  The LCA believes this case could
diminish
the legal provision that allows libraries to lend books.

Read the LCA’s announcement at
http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/LCA-release-Costco-v-Omega.pdf
.


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http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=5123

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Diedre Conkling
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR  97365
Work phone & fax:  541-265-3066
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