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Supreme Court issues major copyright ruling on foreign sales

longview said:
I think what is missing from this discussion is the obscene prices charged for textbooks at
American Universities. It is almost a captive market.
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This is exactly what I was thinking as I read through this thread. These companies often have very few factories to make these things and then transport them all across the world charging different prices. If they can afford to sell to other countries at lower rates and still rake in profits (evidenced by the fact that they DO sell them in other countries for less price...they wouldn't do it otherwise) then they should be able to do the same here in the US.
 
Bob Blaylock said:
Publishers want to be able to charge lower prices in some countries, and higher prices in others, according to what the economic conditions in those various countries best support; and they want this practice to be protected by prohibiting copyrighted materials bought in one country to be sold in another.
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In short they want to have their cake and eat it to. They want to take advantage of market differences, but when a purchaser of their product does the same thing, they want the government to stop them.

Capitalists want capitalism for everybody but themselves.
 
mr4anarchy said:
So, can we now do that with pharmaceuticals?

Buy them in Canada and resell them here to our friends and neighbors?
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i've been wondering the same thing. my guess is that the next step is significant global lobbying efforts directed towards changing foreign patent law to cover in-country sales and to exclude exports. however, as it stands, it looks like exported (or re-imported) pharmaceuticals could be legally resold by third parties to patients with proper prescription documentation.
 
Helix said:
i've been wondering the same thing. my guess is that the next step is significant global lobbying efforts directed towards changing foreign patent law to cover in-country sales and to exclude exports. however, as it stands, it looks like exported (or re-imported) pharmaceuticals could be legally resold by third parties to patients with proper prescription documentation.
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I think if the pharmaceuticals were manufactured in the US, then exported, then re-imported for sale by a pharmacist, you would only need a prescription, and it would be a legal transaction. If the pharmaceuticals were manufactured outside of the US, then they are not an FDA USP verified formulation and they would be illegal for sale. Key words here are pharmacist, prescription, manufactured in the US.

My fiance almost completed pharmacy school, but she maxed out on student loans and couldn't complete her residency. She is well versed when it comes to pharmaceuticals and pharmacy law.
 
Kal'Stang said:
This is exactly what I was thinking as I read through this thread. These companies often have very few factories to make these things and then transport them all across the world charging different prices. If they can afford to sell to other countries at lower rates and still rake in profits (evidenced by the fact that they DO sell them in other countries for less price...they wouldn't do it otherwise) then they should be able to do the same here in the US.
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I bought a lot of books online... If I had to read a book that wasn't a text book I would just read it online. I also bought a bunch of books as well.

One would be surprised at how many books are out there that can be read in a simplistic .txt format.
 
Jack Fabulous said:
Unless I am missing something here, it seems like this ruling could have an enormous impact on the pharmaceutical industry.
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My thoughts exactly.
 
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