I realize this news is a little old but I found a transcript of the arguments today and this bit just totally knocked me over I was laughing so hard. Ms. Hanswirth represents FOX.
THE COURT: All right. The consumer who would buy the book is a relatively sophisticated consumer, correct? I mean someone interested in political satire and commentary.
MS. HANSWIRTH: I don’t agree with that, your Honor. Generally, cases hold that purchasers of books are generally not, neither sophisticated nor unsophisticated.
THE COURT: Don’t you have to look at the type of book in question? We’re not talking about mystery novel or a romance novel. We’re talking about social and political commentary and satire.
MS. HANSWIRTH: If you’re talking about whether somebody will make an informed decision as to whether to purchase a book, that doesn’t necessarily mean the consumer is particularly sophisticated.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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