http://www.exclusiverights.net/2009/10/court-finds-that-answers-to-textbook-questions-are-an-infringing-derivative-work/ A copyright law blog covering litigation, policy and academia Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:29:41 -0400 hourly 1 http://www.exclusiverights.net/2009/10/court-finds-that-answers-to-textbook-questions-are-an-infringing-derivative-work/comment-page-1/#comment-39822 Answers to Textbook Questions Copyrighted? « Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:10:19 +0000 http://www.exclusiverights.net/?p=2781#comment-39822 [...] 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment Mike Masnick has a new post disagreeing with a recent court decision that answers to textbook questions were a derivative work. From the post: This still makes no [...] [...] 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment Mike Masnick has a new post disagreeing with a recent court decision that answers to textbook questions were a derivative work. From the post: This still makes no [...]

]]> http://www.exclusiverights.net/2009/10/court-finds-that-answers-to-textbook-questions-are-an-infringing-derivative-work/comment-page-1/#comment-39610 Links 06/11/2009: Great Mandriva 2010.0 Reviews; Thunderbird 3 RC Comes Soon | Boycott Novell Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:15:43 +0000 http://www.exclusiverights.net/?p=2781#comment-39610 [...] Court finds that answers to textbook questions are an infringing derivative work The Defendant allegedly sold answer to the Plaintiff’s engineering and accounting textbooks questions, via the internet. The answer sets were identical to the Plaintiff’s instructor’s solutions manuals. Uneventful simple case of copyright infringement? Such was not the case. [...] [...] Court finds that answers to textbook questions are an infringing derivative work The Defendant allegedly sold answer to the Plaintiff’s engineering and accounting textbooks questions, via the internet. The answer sets were identical to the Plaintiff’s instructor’s solutions manuals. Uneventful simple case of copyright infringement? Such was not the case. [...]

]]> http://www.exclusiverights.net/2009/10/court-finds-that-answers-to-textbook-questions-are-an-infringing-derivative-work/comment-page-1/#comment-39569 Mike Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:57:24 +0000 http://www.exclusiverights.net/?p=2781#comment-39569 I can't wait until the students catch wind of this and refuse to answer questions from textbooks without a waiver of liability first. Of course, it'll start at the law schools first... :-) I can’t wait until the students catch wind of this and refuse to answer questions from textbooks without a waiver of liability first. Of course, it’ll start at the law schools first…

]]> http://www.exclusiverights.net/2009/10/court-finds-that-answers-to-textbook-questions-are-an-infringing-derivative-work/comment-page-1/#comment-39238 Jonathan Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:55:20 +0000 http://www.exclusiverights.net/?p=2781#comment-39238 interesting that they did not use the fair use defence. I think that this is a classic case of 17 USC 107, the clause specifically state that use "for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright." (under the 4 considerations). interesting that they did not use the fair use defence. I think that this is a classic case of 17 USC 107, the clause specifically state that use “for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” (under the 4 considerations).

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