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Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Fri, 17 Dec 1999 23:32:56 GMT
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MATTDM@MATTDM.ihatespamORG
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.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.
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 define that precisely, but it's certainly something different.
(If the original documents hadn't been in violation, then there wouldn't
have been a problem.) Hopefully, sanity will prevail and the final judgement
in this case will go the other way.
Contrary to my earlier claim, I've actually found a case about linking which
was thrown out of court:
<URL:http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980922S0008>
This case was obviously more ridiculous than what the Lego Company is
claiming, but it illustrates how absurd this could get.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) Ah. Okay, I should have paid more attention, I guess. The US judicial system is about as clear to me as #1200 SiO grit mud, though. (...) Indeed. (...) Jesus. The linked to the imdb, and another random page on imdb linked to a (c) photo? "No (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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