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Cite as:  568 U. S. ____ (2013) 

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GINSBURG, J., dissenting 

8–184.34  to  8–184.35;  2  Goldstein  §7.6.1.2(a),  at 7:141;  4
Patry §§13:22, 13:44, 13:44.10. 

Rather than adopting the very international-exhaustion
rule  the  United  States  has  consistently  resisted  in 
international-trade  negotiations,  I  would  adhere  to  the 
national-exhaustion  framework  set  by  the  Copyright 
Act’s  text  and  history.    Under  that  regime,  codified  in 
§602(a)(1),  Kirtsaeng’s  unauthorized  importation  of  the 
foreign-made  textbooks  involved  in  this  case  infringed 
Wiley’s  copyrights.  I  would  therefore  affirm  the  Second 
Circuit’s judgment.