Internet Archive Loses Copyright Fight 412
tiltowait writes "As reported on LISNews.com, the Internet Archive has lost a copyright lawsuit which challenged the Congressional lengthening of copyright terms and conditions. The ruling has implications for abandonware and other copyright-eligible materials that have no active owner. Brewster Kahle plans to appeal the decision." The decision is available. As we noted in an earlier story, the Eldred case challenged the length of copyright expansion, this one challenged the breadth, and so far, this one is going about as well as the Eldred case did. Stanford has an overview of the case.
Yay! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I don't know what to say. (Score:2, Funny)
Unfair! (Score:2, Funny)
Hey, most guys who write software aren't very active. Why should geeks be forced onto treadmills to keep their copyrights?
Re:Relocate (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I hope they'll beat this in court somehow. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I don't know what to say. (Score:2, Funny)
In Soviet Russia (Score:2, Funny)
NOT REDUNDANT (Score:2, Funny)
Besides, the ability to play the games that I once oggled over in PC Gamber but couldn't afford is really quite something.
Oh and before you mark this REDUNDANT know that Staplrh lost rights to this original post by abandoning it after posting. I've now assumed copyright to it...
Re:Relocate (Score:1, Funny)
I am happy Internet Archive lost this case (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Relocate (Score:3, Funny)
I also had no idea that Las Vegas was in California.
Re:I don't know what to say. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I don't know what to say. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Obligatory copyright infringement != theft comm (Score:2, Funny)
quick someone give me a petabyte drive (Score:1, Funny)
I might also need a little faster connection and a few other things