http://boingboing.net/2012/01/13/eff-to-ask-for-sanctions-again.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/01/13/eff-to-ask-for-sanctions-again.html#comment-1320241 Joe in Australia Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138789#comment-1320241 US copyright law isn't universal. In Australia and (I think) the UK copyright exists in things like phone directories, even though they are just collections of facts and even if the format and presentation is altered. Of course, in this case the plaintiffs were apparently seeking damages under US law, and I think it would be quite right for their lawyers to be sanctioned. US copyright law isn’t universal. In Australia and (I think) the UK copyright exists in things like phone directories, even though they are just collections of facts and even if the format and presentation is altered. Of course, in this case the plaintiffs were apparently seeking damages under US law, and I think it would be quite right for their lawyers to be sanctioned.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/01/13/eff-to-ask-for-sanctions-again.html#comment-1319817 Val Dobson Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138789#comment-1319817 Yes, Chris, you can copy and distribute facts.  What you cannot co is to copy and distribute the format.   So if a book has an article on Einstein, with biographic information, you can copy that information but not reproduce the whole article.  That's basic copyright law. (Chris, I know you're intelligent - please think before you write.) Yes, Chris, you can copy and distribute facts.  What you cannot co is to copy and distribute the format.   So if a book has an article on Einstein, with biographic information, you can copy that information but not reproduce the whole article.  That’s basic copyright law.
(Chris, I know you’re intelligent – please think before you write.)

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/01/13/eff-to-ask-for-sanctions-again.html#comment-1319618 Chris Mitchell Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138789#comment-1319618 Since "facts" are not copyrightable, does this mean that I can copy the Encylopaedia Britannica - which contains facts - and distribute it without fear of breaching copyright legislation? Since “facts” are not copyrightable, does this mean that I can copy the Encylopaedia Britannica – which contains facts – and distribute it without fear of breaching copyright legislation?

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/01/13/eff-to-ask-for-sanctions-again.html#comment-1319163 proginoskes Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138789#comment-1319163 Aside from the obvious issue of non-copyrightable facts, did they really think the thousands of entities (vendors, programmers) who actively choose to use this timezone db to avoid communications chaos would let anything bad happen to it? Aside from the obvious issue of non-copyrightable facts, did they really think the thousands of entities (vendors, programmers) who actively choose to use this timezone db to avoid communications chaos would let anything bad happen to it?

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/01/13/eff-to-ask-for-sanctions-again.html#comment-1319112 Bubba73 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138789#comment-1319112 In the weeks to come you may suffer a legal paddling. In the weeks to come you may suffer a legal paddling.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/01/13/eff-to-ask-for-sanctions-again.html#comment-1319066 Melted Crayons Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138789#comment-1319066 Once again, EFF saves our (the internet community's) ass.  Please consider supporting EFF with a donation! Once again, EFF saves our (the internet community’s) ass.  Please consider supporting EFF with a donation!

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/01/13/eff-to-ask-for-sanctions-again.html#comment-1318993 LightningRose Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138789#comment-1318993 If astrology actually worked they would have seen this coming. If astrology actually worked they would have seen this coming.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/01/13/eff-to-ask-for-sanctions-again.html#comment-1318946 Patrick Arundell Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138789#comment-1318946 These idiots think the Sun is the center of the Universe. You are 500 years out of date. These idiots think the Sun is the center of the Universe. You are 500 years out of date.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/01/13/eff-to-ask-for-sanctions-again.html#comment-1318924 Abe Lincoln Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138789#comment-1318924 What do you expect from idiots that still think the earth is the center of the solar system? What do you expect from idiots that still think the earth is the center of the solar system?

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/01/13/eff-to-ask-for-sanctions-again.html#comment-1318912 Ramone Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138789#comment-1318912 I recall a couple of years ago when Major League Baseball tried to assert that they owned the stats to baseball games. That too failed miserably: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060808/1850214.shtml I recall a couple of years ago when Major League Baseball tried to assert that they owned the stats to baseball games. That too failed miserably: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060808/1850214.shtml

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