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From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Sat Jan 18 15:14:00 2003

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.
Received on Sat Jan 18 2003 - 15:14:00 GMT