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Professor Posts "Illegal Copy" of Guide To Oregon Public Record Laws 318

Posted by timothy
from the hey-man-I-paid-for-that dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Copyright law has previously been used by some states to try to prevent people from passing around copies of their own government's laws. But in a new level of meta-absurdity, the attorney general of Oregon is claiming copyright over a state-produced guide to using public-records laws. That isn't sitting well with one frequent user of the laws, who has posted a copy of the guide to his website and is daring the AG to respond. The AG, who previously pledged to improve responses to public-records requests, has not responded yet." The challenger here is University of Oregon Professor Bill Harbaugh.
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  • What the Crap Oregon? (Score:3, Funny)

    by BJ_Covert_Action (1499847) on Wednesday September 16 2009, @04:00PM (#29445251) Homepage Journal
    First your state develops that absurd vehicle mileage tax system that was discussed yesterday and now your attorney general is trying to copyright a guide to your lawbooks? I thought we Californians were supposed to have the worst vehicle (overbearing emission standards) and copyright (Hollywood's home) laws on the books.

    Stop making us look bad by making yourselves look worse. Give us back our position as Number 1 state in "Most Legislation Founded on Dumbfuckery!" Sheesh....

  • Re:Inherintly unconstitutional (Score:2, Funny)

    by mea37 (1201159) on Wednesday September 16 2009, @04:16PM (#29445497)

    It's cold in Alaska.

  • "What" indeed. Are you Sicilian? (Score:4, Funny)

    by WED Fan (911325) <<ten.liamhsart> <ta> <egihaka>> on Wednesday September 16 2009, @05:09PM (#29446339) Homepage Journal

    The AG, who previously pledged to improve responses to public-records requests, has not responded yet.

    The above from TFS reads like it was written by the guy that wrote:

    Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

    So, clearly, while the post is "off topic", it obviously can't be because the expression "what" is a clear explanation of the writers intent to express his utter incredulity upon reading the TFS.

  • Re:Does not fly (Score:2, Funny)

    by vegiVamp (518171) on Thursday September 17 2009, @07:24AM (#29452049) Homepage
    An extension to existing Fair Use rules ? Don't you know that Fair Use is Evil and must be abolished ? Have you learned nothing from the RIAA's valiant struggle against the evil pirates ?

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