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Why the JMRI decision matters

Why the JMRI decision matters

Posted Aug 15, 2008 3:05 UTC (Fri) by bobort (subscriber, #5019)
Parent article: Why the JMRI decision matters

The references to Gilliam v. ABC caught my eye.  Who would have thought the movie Brazil would
have a legal effect on free software licensing?  That decision apparently played a key role in
the earlier (flawed) ruling, establishing that copyright only grants "economic" rights and not
"moral" ones (e.g. the right not to have a ridiculous happy ending added to your movie).


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Why the JMRI decision matters

Posted Aug 15, 2008 13:23 UTC (Fri) by epa (subscriber, #39769) [Link]

As far as I can see Gilliam v. ABC is about Monty Python's Flying Circus not the movie Brazil.

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