18 Jan
2003
18 Jan
'03
7:14 a.m.
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Eric Smith wrote:
Demonstrably false. UCLA has restored many films that
the studios
weren't willing to spend a penny on; some still in copyright but most
expired. In general they've done a much better restoration job than
the studios usually do.
BV Engineering V UCLA
UCLA bought one copy of a computer program, and then mass duplicated
it. BV Engineering argued that UCLA must purchase copies instead of
duplicating. UCLA said that because they are guvmint, the copyright law
doesn't apply to them, and that because they are STATE guvmint, that they
are intrinsically exempt from being sued in FEDERAL court for copyright
infringement.
UC (and particularly UCLA) has a history of refusal tocomply with
copyright laws.