On December 16, the AAP filed documents seeking a preliminary injunction against the state of Maryland that would block a new law requiring publishers to license ebooks to public libraries “on reasonable terms” from going into effect on January 1. That requests follows the organization’s suit filed on December 9 against this precedent-breaking legislation. The organization argues: “First, AAP is likely to succeed on the merits of showing that the Maryland Act is preempted by federal law. The Maryland Act impermissibly intrudes into federal copyright law by implementing a state-law compulsory licensing scheme that deprives copyright holders of their exclusive […]
