I'm interested in how others in this forum view open-source licensing in a couple of areas and how they advise people on the advantages and limitations of...
Phelps, Erik J
Erik.Phelps@...
Apr 2, 2003 3:56 pm
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[snip] Similarly, while it is a relatively straightforward exercise to advise someone in the typical commercial license context as to the potential rights and...
Drew Lehman - DigitaE...
dlehman@...
Apr 2, 2003 4:25 pm
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... In a very concise nutshell, what I usually tell clients on this topic: 1. If you are using Open Source (OS) software in production, unmodified, there are...
Mike Oliver
me@...
Apr 2, 2003 8:23 pm
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Drew raised a fair point to my initial inquiry, which was that many commercial licensing arrangements restrict you "so much you really have no more remedies...
Phelps, Erik J
Erik.Phelps@...
Apr 2, 2003 8:30 pm
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[snip] I suspect many times they choose the commercial route because it is the known paradigm (the "no one ever got fired for picking IBM" problem). I guess...
Drew Lehman - DigitaE...
dlehman@...
Apr 2, 2003 8:53 pm
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http://www.idg.net/ic_1280658_9675_1-5124.html "When you've got Verizon, the American Electronics Association, Harvard Law School and the ponytail gang all...
Sean Donelan
sean@...
Apr 3, 2003 2:10 am
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The case was argued yesterday in the California Supreme Court. At least according to the press coverage I've seen, it looks to be a close call. ...
James S. Tyre
jstyre@...
Apr 3, 2003 4:37 pm
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Having more than thirty years ago retired from practice into academia I have never had occasion to advise a client about free software. On the other hand, I...
Peter D. Junger
junger@...
Apr 3, 2003 9:40 pm
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We offer some 27 documents on Citibank PIN cracking banned by the British High Court on 20 February 2003: http://cryptome.org/citi-ban.htm Included are the...
John Young
jya@...
Apr 3, 2003 10:54 pm
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On March 31 2003, the Edelman v. N2H2 case (involving declaratory judgment for reverse-engineering of censorware) had a court hearing concerning a motion to...
Seth Finkelstein
sethf@...
Apr 5, 2003 5:22 pm
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http://thewhir.com/features/dmca.cfm chief source of frustration is the "takedown" provisions. Many who invoke the provision provide incomplete information,...
PayPal Said in Violation of Patriot Act American Banker Wednesday, April 2, 2003 By Lavonne Kuykendall eBay Inc.'s PayPal unit has again come under legal...
Stephen T. Middlebrook
Stephen.Middlebrook@...
Apr 7, 2003 7:11 pm
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What are some of the common causes of action brought against instigators of DDoS attacks? Could one bring an action under 18 USC 1030 for "unauthorized access"...
milone@...
Apr 8, 2003 1:37 pm
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There is a collection of laws used to fight cybercrime, including hacking, here http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm#law Remember in addition to CFFA...
Robert Cannon
rcannon101@...
Apr 8, 2003 2:19 pm
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Remember that if someone sends a notice to the provider resulting in the wrongful removed of content, the injured party has certain rights (recovery from the...
Robert Cannon
rcannon101@...
Apr 8, 2003 2:24 pm
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American University Washington College of Law Presents "Making Intellectual Property Law through Trade Negotiations"? Intellectual Property Provisions of ...
James Love
james.love@...
Apr 8, 2003 3:41 pm
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I think that propertly the act should be evaluated in terms of what procedural options it gives to MPAA and its members, rather than at what its substantive...
Mike Godwin
mnemonic@...
Apr 9, 2003 2:11 am
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http://www.lexisone.com/news/ap/ap040403c.html Headline Legal News Online Monitoring Gets Sticky For FBI by Anick Jesdanun Associated Press NEW YORK — April...
Randall
rvh40@...
Apr 9, 2003 3:37 am
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The sentences are coming in now, sentences that were handed down in secret trials, once again, in Cuba, the worker's paradise. The media professional groups...
Dwight Hines
dwighthines@...
Apr 9, 2003 12:25 pm
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Someone said to me offline "I think you've overstated 512(f). It only applies when there is a knowing material misrepresentation in the takedown notice. This...
Robert Cannon
rcannon101@...
Apr 9, 2003 1:33 pm
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E-Mail Leads to a Ban First GLB use against individuals on privacy American Banker Tuesday, April 8, 2003 By Todd Davenport The Office of the...
Stephen T. Middlebrook
Stephen.Middlebrook@...
Apr 9, 2003 1:39 pm
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This is the schedule, with speakers by panel listed. The event is free, and you can register here: http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle American University...
James Love
james.love@...
Apr 9, 2003 5:03 pm
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... "Lawyer letters" are generally crafted so they aren't really actionable. I think the intent of the perjury provision in the DMCA statute was to apply to...
Sean Donelan
sean@...
Apr 9, 2003 6:59 pm
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See http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-996245.html Lawrence B. Ebert April 10, 2003 at 10:27am ...
Ebert, Lawrence B.
LEbert@...
Apr 10, 2003 2:28 pm
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Am I really in the minority on this issue? Or possibly just on this list? ... ********************************************************************** For...
Virginia Metze
vmetze@...
Apr 10, 2003 2:50 pm
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... I find it interesting that a list of web sites can be copyrightd while a list of phone numbers cannot. If I were to pick nd choose phone numbers and place...
Drew Lehman - DigitaE...
dlehman@...
Apr 10, 2003 3:24 pm
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... I'm sure someone else more knowledgeable will respond, but it occurs to me that Feist was a compilation of all known numbers using little, if any,...
Mike Riddle
mriddle@...
Apr 10, 2003 3:48 pm
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... "Filtering databases, consisting of uncopyrightable material, (publicly available URLs), selected and arranged with copyrightable material (subject ...
James S. Tyre
jstyre@...
Apr 10, 2003 4:41 pm
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In this case, it helps to read the opinion: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/edelman-v-n2h2/order-040703.pdf The case was throw on out on procedural...