Entertainment Merchants Association and National Association of Recording Merchandisers, Amici Curiae
John T. Mitchell, Counsel of Record
The Entertainment Merchants Association is the primary trade association of retailers and distributors in the home video and video game industries. The National Association of Recording Merchandisers is the major trade association of retailers and distributors of sound recordings. John T. Mitchell operates a solo law practice, Interaction Law, where he specializes in copyright and First Amendment litigation. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on July 9, 2012. In 1853, this Court said: “The copy-right is an exclusive right to the multiplication of the copies, for the benefit…
