In the News

AT&T Trips Up SCO, Frank Hayes, LinuxInsider, February 24, 2004
Abstract: Since IBM developed a file system and added code for it to AIX, IBM's version of Unix, SCO argued that the code now belongs to SCO. And since IBM later donated that IBM-developed file-system code to Linux, it's in Linux without SCO's permission.

Novell Quotes AT&T on Derivative Works, Slashdot, March 09, 2004
Abstract: "Novell has released their latest correspondance with the litigous bastards ordering them to stop the lawsuit by noon tomorrow, and clarify what the SVRX licensing agreements with AT&T meant regarding derivative works. The letter quotes AT&T from the April '85 issue of $echo as stating that they 'claim no ownership interest in any portion of such a modification or derivative work.'

An Exhibition That Borrows Brazenly, CHRIS NELSON, New York Times, January 07, 2003
Abstract: A nationally touring art exhibition, "Illegal Art: Freedom of Expression in the Corporate Age," displays works which have run afoul of copyright owners in the past or could be expected to in the future. The exhibition explores the relationship between art, fair use and copyright. The curator contends that the music, visual art and video pieces in the installation are protected by the "fair use" provision in copyright law that allows for parody and commentary. "The exhibition, she says, takes the potentially illegal and makes it untouchable." For more information, you can visit the exhibition's Web site, illegal-art.org.

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