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KIRTSAENG v. JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. 

KAGAN, J., concurring 

invitation to save §602(a)(1) from Quality King by destroy-
ing  the  first-sale  protection  that  §109(a)  gives  to  every 
owner  of  a  copy  manufactured  abroad.    That  would  swap
one  (possible)  mistake  for  a  much  worse  one,  and  make
our  reading  of  the  statute  only  less  reflective  of  Congres-
sional  intent.  If  Congress  thinks  copyright  owners  need 
greater  power  to  restrict  importation  and  thus  divide 
markets,  a  ready  solution  is  at  hand—not  the  one  John
Wiley offers in this case, but the one the Court rejected in 
Quality King.