Re: Time zone database suit withdrawn

2012-02-24 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:05:40 -0800 R. Christopher Harshman wrote: > 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 cas

Re: Time zone database suit withdrawn

2012-02-23 Thread R. Christopher Harshman
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 le

Re: Time zone database suit withdrawn

2012-02-23 Thread Francesco Poli
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

Re: Time zone database suit withdrawn

2012-02-23 Thread Ben Finney
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