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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. WTF? by umbrellasd · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is it copyright infringement merely to "make available" a copyrighted work?
    Libraries.
  2. Architecture? by Maximum+Prophet · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So if i build a building and someone photographs it, have I "made it available". If I display an artist's copywritten work in a lobby and the same thing happens, am I liable?

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