addition textbooks to american students for less than the us version cost the books publishers john wiley and sons won a copyright lawsuit six hundred thousand dollars against him soup up however appealed to the case the u.s. supreme court drawing attention from groups like costco and e bay both of which claim that they would be severely affected by a ruling that could drastically change international commerce so let's break this down a bit and the u.s. laws such that once a seller sells a product the purchaser has the right to resell the product this is known as first sale doctrine mean the product manufacturer only has control of the first sale of the product well that's pretty straightforward right well the case gets a little messy because the lower courts say that this rule doesn't apply if the goods are produced overseas this is why the supreme court's decision will be so important the position is taken by the lower courts as upheld what would happen a textbook retailers and more broadly. what would that mean for selling secondhand products on e-bay or even at a yard sale yes i think

came from thailand to study at cornel in 1997, and he realized he could buy textbooks produced by john wiley and sons cheaper at home and thailand and should many shift to the u.s. and they made $1.2 million. wiley sued for copyright infringement and the counter was the first sale doctrine. explain to me, andrew, what does the first sale doctrine mean? >> right, the first sale doctrine is very simple. it says if you buy it, you own it, and can you do with it as you will. the hiccup in the first sale doctrine is that the courts interpreted it to omagh, ply to goods made in the united states. the question that the supreme court's wrestling with is does the for sale doctrine extend to goods made overseas? that is the challenge in this case. >> so what product, what would this mean for consumers? what is at stake here for consumers with this case? >> there this could be disruptive for courages. it -- both on the buy side and the sell side. if you go out and you purchase a bicycle, you're now going have to figure out not only if it's made overseas, but if the manufacturer of the bicycle will allo

talking about. [ laughter ] >> we're tweeting at bp show, copeland says there is a wiley coyote comparison to make here. john comparison. mitt romney is the coyote. barack obama is the road runner who paints the tunnel on the rock and romney runs into it. >> bill: arnold down in lake city florida. he's down there getting boca raton ready for the next debate. what do you say arnold? >> caller: hey bill. >> bill: your cell phone is a little scratchy this morning. >> caller: the news organizations, they have no shame at all man. they do everything -- it looks like they work for the republicans. that darrell issa, he says everything but the right thing. it turned out to be nothing but a bunch of junk. when they were in charge when 9-11 went off the bush administration. >> bill: arnold, you're a part of the show but your cell phone is not making it this morning. thanks for checking in. paul is out in seattle washington. hey, paul, what's going on? >> caller: bill, i'm with you. the idea that paul ryan says that oh, obama said acts of terror in passing. look if the day afterwards, acts of terror means this one and