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Library Law : Ohio and Federal: Ebook Pricing

US Code

US Code - Title 17
This whole title deals with copyright.

Links

E-books are expensive for libraries. Some states are trying to change that
NPR.org 8/27/24
Library Futures

Case

AAP v. Frosh, 6/13/22
Dist court in Maryland struck down a state law requiring publishers to make e-books available on “reasonable terms” to libraries if they were also being offered to the general public.

Law Review Articles

The $500 eBook: How Copyright and Antitrust Law Failed America’s Libraries Extending First Sale Doctrine Protections To Libraries’ eBook Purchases Or Implementing Price Caps As Alternative Solutions To Lower eBook Costs
99 Wash U. L. Rev., Ali Petot 1733 (2022)
Restoring the Balance of Copyright: Antitrust, Misuse, and Other Possible Paths to Challenge Inequitable Licensing Practices
114 Law Library J., Michelle Wu 131 (2022)
State Strategies for Fair E-Book Licensing: Lessons from the Library E-Book War
116 Law Library J., Iantha Haight and Annalee Hickman Pierson 219 (2024)