For many scientists, the most satisfying part of producing a lengthy article (aside from the hoped-for Nobel prize) is the moment when the page proofs are finally out the door to the publisher and the thought occurs they they will never have to look at the article again. But a new requirement that authors post… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Free Software Foundation Files First Copyright Infringement Complaint to Enforce its GNU Licenses
Posted in Copyright, Open SourceThe Free Software Foundation has filed a copyright infringement complaint against Cisco Systems. The complaint alleges that Cisco’s Linksys products contain certain works in which the FSF holds the copyright, but Cisco has not complied with the requirements of the licenses pursuant to which the FSF makes the works available. This is the first… Continue Reading
Appellate Watch: Are Domain Names “Property” That Can Be Seized Under State Forfeiture Laws?
Posted in Domain NamesUPDATE: There is a brief account of the oral argument on the pokerlistings.com Web site. That’s the interesting issue that a Kentucky appeals court will consider on Friday in an interlocutory appeal from the ruling of a Kentucky trial court. In Commonwealth v. 141 Internet Domain Names, Case No. 08-CI-1409 (Ky Cir. Ct., Oct. 16,… Continue Reading