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Originally Posted by Shaggy
So you are saying that in your interpretation of copyright law, it is everyone's responsibility to research the copyright status of the target of a link (which they haven't seen yet), every time they click their mouse. Under that interpretation, I would bet that almost everyone on the internet is guilty of copyright infringement.  |
While not referring specifically to ebooks the US Supreme Court in their refusal to hear Monday the case of the 16yo music downloader let a ruling from the 5th Circuit stand. Her lawyers claimed "innocent infringement." The Court disagreed saying she should have known the copyright status before downloading. The notice is printed on the CDs and that is sufficient even though no one was in possession of CDs.
Evidently, the law from 1988 requires us to go to the store or research online the copyright status before initiating all downloads.
The case is Harper v. Maverick Recording Company, 10-94.