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From: | Hyman Rosen |
Subject: | Re: A drunken judge in the SDNY |
Date: | Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:00:51 -0000 |
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On 8/22/2010 10:56 AM, RJack wrote:
Obviously, Andersen first published November 4, 1999 and registered the copyright October 2, 2008, more than nine years later and under Second Circuit precedent is not eligible for statutory damages and attorney fees.
No, that's wrong. As long as the defendants are continuing to copy and distribute GPL-covered code without complying with the GPL, they are committing fresh infringement each time they do so. They may have begun infringing prior to registration, but they have also committed fresh acts of infringement afterward.
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