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Is "Making Available" Copyright Infringement?

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. sorry bad english by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I finish being able to have toasting, putting of the Jorge, everything for above in the mess like a fritata!! ..evalGrin!

  2. Law by edwardpickman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No matter your opinion of copyright law transporting illegal goods is illegal, otherwise drug mules wouldn't be prosecuted. Is it the same? Of coarse not it's an extreme example. Say person "A" steals government secrets while person "B" transports information to person "C". By the law they are all at fault. It really doesn't matter how the information is transferred. Service providers aren't at fault because they aren't aware or involved directly in the specific transfer. I'm not going to weigh in on the right or wrong aspect of copyright but so long as the laws are what they are you can't provide copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright holder.

  3. I thank you for you8 t?ime by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  4. Testing proxy refresh_pattern by Oriumpor · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    please disregard. Since you know there's lots of stuff ignored here anyways, it probably will be but hopefully not since I have to get it to show up in the first place.

    1. Re:Testing proxy refresh_pattern by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      ffs can't it not work just once, can't fix what ain't broke!

    2. Re:Testing proxy refresh_pattern by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      break for crying out loud