It’s true: They are copyrighting the law

The bad news about the copyright grab just keeps on coming. It really looks like we are losing something important, and we have to act. Here is a story in the San Diego Union Tribune about how actual laws are being copyrighted – and the copyright found to be valid in court cases, including a Federal appeals court. In other words, governments are not free to distribute the whole of the law – in some cases you have to buy it from a private party in order to read it, or your library has to buy it (as long as that is still allowed – publishers are working on that now). This is so bad you\’d think it is a hoax, but it seems to be real. Slashdot has a discussion on this article from a few days ago.

May 16, 2001 by Uncategorized 0

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