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Is "Making Available" Copyright Infringement?

Posted by kdawson on from the RIAA-theory dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer updates us now that the legal issue — is it copyright infringement merely to "make available" a copyrighted work? — has been argued by the attorneys in Elektra v. Barker (on January 26). Whichever way the ruling goes it will have a large impact across the Internet. Appeal seems likely either way. No ruling has issued yet but "a friend" has made the 58-page transcript "available" (PDF here).

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  1. slippery slope by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    NewYorkCountryLawyer updates us now that the legal issue -- is it copyright infringement merely to "make available" a copyrighted work?

    This of course, leading to 2011's legal dilemma: Is it copyright infringement to "view" a copyrighted work?

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    The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.