Federal copyright law trumps state Freedom of Information Act - Lexology This case is the first in the nation to examine the interplay between a citizen’s right to copy or obtain a copy of public records and the limitations placed upon such rights by federal copyright law. Issues of first impression include: (1) whether Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is preempted by the Copyright Act to the extent that FOIA permits the copying and distribution of copyrighted materials without the permission of the copyright owner, and (2) even if preemption applies, whether the “fair use” doctrine may be used to override the copyright owner’s rights under the Copyright act and to permit the copying and distribution of copyrighted materials without the permission of the copyright owner. http://bit.ly/14yYFje Source: http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=94f73126-0c67-4c2b-a7dc-5260561fd5a3 See if people are clicking on this link: http://bit.ly/14yYFje+ Try the bitly.com sidebar to see who is talking about a page on the web: http://bitly.com/pages/sidebar -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va http://twitter.com/RAINbyte http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RAINbyte/ http://paper.li/RAINbyte/rainbyte http://pinterest.com/pakurilecz/archives/ http://pinterest.com/pakurilecz/records-management/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/peterakurilecz Information not relevant for my reply has been deleted to reduce the electronic footprint and to save the sanity of digest subscribers List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]
