Re: Time zone database suit withdrawn
Paul Wise writes: > https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-wins-protection-time-zone-database > > "It's a fundamental principle of copyright law that facts are not > copyrightable, and Astrolabe should have known that," Great to see a corporation admitting that their litigation was mistaken From the beginning; such an admission is all too rare. Big thanks to the EFF for this important victory. -- \ “The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in | `\the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.” | _o__)—Henry L. Mencken | Ben Finney pgpJRisRBVYO0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Time zone database suit withdrawn
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:39:50 +1100 Ben Finney wrote: > Paul Wise writes: > > > https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-wins-protection-time-zone-database > > > > "It's a fundamental principle of copyright law that facts are not > > copyrightable, and Astrolabe should have known that," > > Great to see a corporation admitting that their litigation was mistaken > From the beginning; such an admission is all too rare. I agree. > > Big thanks to the EFF for this important victory. Yes, I also appreciate what the EFF did to achieve this result: it may turn out being an important precedent... -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt New GnuPG key, see the transition document! . Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE pgpEbw1szM3Jl.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Time zone database suit withdrawn
On Feb 23, 2012, at 9:32 AM, Francesco Poli wrote: > Yes, I also appreciate what the EFF did to achieve this result: it may > turn out being an important precedent… Being pedantic, 'cause that's what lawyers do … This case isn't precedental in any way. Everything happened at the district court level, which would be at best "persuasive" (rather than binding) precedent. But, too, there was no ruling. The EFF pointed out a gaping hole in Astrolabe's "case," and Astrolabe simply withdrew the complaint and promised not to sue again (an agreement between the parties, basically, not a binding Order from a competent Court …). Kudos to the EFF for getting this kicked quickly and cheaply, but the precedent (that they relied on to get the swift death dealt) was set more than 20 years ago, in Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991).
