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Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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Date: 
Fri, 17 Dec 1999 22:23:12 GMT
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On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 19:30:27 GMT, "Brad Justus" <legodirect@lego.com>
wrote:

(one could argue that the
listing of the hyperlink to that material is tantamount to publishing the
material itself).

And so a rather uninformed US judge has recently ruled.

I don't suppose anyone wants to relocate the lugnet server to anywhere
else but Australia or Hongkong?

I think it's a _very_ sad day to see Lego take this stance.

To get my position clear in two sentences:
No hyperlinks === no WWW.
No WWW = Bad Thing.

Jasper



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  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
(...) Not so -- there was no ruling, just a preliminary injunction. Furthermore, they aren't accused of publishing the copyrighted information illicitly, but of being engaged in "contributory copyright infringement". I'm not a lawyer, so I can't (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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