https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/ip-suit-shuts-down-time-zone-database/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/ip-suit-shuts-down-time-zone-database/comment-page-1/#comment-127188 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:59:38 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25069#comment-127188 How do the expect to get past the ruling in Feist v Rural Telephone Service? Is there a license that was violated?

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/ip-suit-shuts-down-time-zone-database/comment-page-1/#comment-127181 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:48:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25069#comment-127181 I believe the whole listings thing was decided a long time ago in those “white ages” lawsuits by the phone company and the phone company lost.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/ip-suit-shuts-down-time-zone-database/comment-page-1/#comment-127176 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:24:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25069#comment-127176 The difference is that a photo is creative whereas a complete list of facts of a particular type is not.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/ip-suit-shuts-down-time-zone-database/comment-page-1/#comment-127173 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:57:35 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25069#comment-127173 alternate story: “Webpage designer takes photo from encyclopedia site, puts ‘photo from xyz.com’ at the bottom of the page. Doesn’t understand why anyone would be upset because his page is like totally popular and he totally cited the source just like he learned to do in seventh grade.”

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/ip-suit-shuts-down-time-zone-database/comment-page-1/#comment-127172 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:49:29 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25069#comment-127172 Where exactly is the creativity in a complete set of historical facts?

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