Diebold Rejected in Copyright Takedown Attempt

Posted by michael on Friday October 1, 2004 @12:53AM from the worm-turns dept.

JimMarch(equalccw) writes "Our favorite crooked voting company Diebold has lost a MAJOR copyright case (click for ruling here or description here). Short form: Diebold's internal documents (key excerpts here and here and here) and code were floated all over the 'net last year, showing all kinds of horror. Diebold filed cease'n'desist notices under the DMCA (such as mine linked here); a court has now ruled that Diebold wrongfully abused the DMCA by issuing these takedown notices about materials that they knew were not covered by their copyright."

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Re:WTH? by Pig+Hogger · 2004-10-01 01:13 · Score: 5, Funny

What right do you have, mere pipsqueak, to infringe on a big croporation's inalienable right to pillage, rape and plunder the world's ressources and people for the benefit of their bottom-line-happy shareholders?
If God had intended people to be more powerful than croporations, it would have endowed them with a dollar generator!