This may sound to some like an abstruse legal diary, and, admittedly, it's not about "electing more and better Democrats". It is, instead, about a fundamental threat to the intellectual world as we know it.
Perhaps that sounds like it's overstating the case. But consider: the Supreme Court's upcoming review of a case called Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Co. threatens to wreak havoc on libraries, secondhand bookstores, video rental, and even your ability to buy copies of a book, magazine, or video and give them to other people.
The Supreme Court's statement of "questions presented" can be found here. More of my non-lawyer commentary can be found below the orange squiggly thing.
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