From: hes@unity.ncsu.edu
Date: Tue May 21 2002 - 10:44:24 CDT
>"E-Legal: Court Holds Internet FAQ Pages Not Subject to Copyright Protection"
>
>The article can be found on the web site below:
>
>http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=ZZZY33EQG1D&live=true&cst=1&pc=0&pa=0&s=News&ExpIgnore=true&showsummary=0gross mis-representation of the decision
IMHO the headline is a gross mis-representation of the decision
described in the article. What it said is that the copyright of a FAQ
page doesn't prevent other people from having FAQ pages (even on the
same topic.) In the case discussed the allegedly infringing page had
different material - here is the section discussing the decision:
"the sequence, the wording and the number of
the questions are different from each
other," "five of defendants' questions are
entirely unique to their page," "seven of
plaintiff's questions are entirely unique to
its page," and "the layout of the web
page[s] is different." Moreover, "there is
no truth to plaintiff's assertion that many
of defendants' questions and answers are
'nearly identical' to plaintiff's."
--henry schaffer
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