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Important case

This is an important case. Take your statement "If you don't want your content copied, saved or cached THEN DON'T PUBLISH IT." Does that apply to publishing books, magazines or newspapers? If a magazine publisher doesn't want other people to copy their magazines, he shouldn't publish the magazine at all?

The *end consumer* has certain "fair use" rights, perhaps to make a photocopy of a magazine article he read. But does a magazine stand have a right to make photocopies of magazine articles and present its customers with those photocopies? I'd say the answer is no, they don't.

In my opinion, Google News falls into the "magazine stand" category. They certainly are not the end user. This lawsuit is seeking to clarify whether the particular medium being a third-party (google)'s internet server makes a difference in terms of copyright law. It's a very important case.

Posted by: PB_z   Posted on: 07/18/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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