Re: Re: Kelly v. Arriba Soft (new opinion from 9thCir.)

From: Bryan Taylor <bryan_w_taylor[_at_]yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 11:21:01 -0400

• sstouden[_at_]thelinks.com wrote:
  >
  > Mr. Taylor, Are you saying that
  > whatever it takes to make copyright work will be the law? Just say an
  > an objection and the courts will say or equate it to be "no"? Or are you
  > trying to carry on a legitimate argument? I cannot tell which.
  

I'm saying that the W3C standards for the world wide web are properly and reasonably treated as "usage of trade" definitions under the UCC. As such, they guide courts in their fact-finding attempt to give meaning to the terms within an HTTP transaction, which according to those spec is properly viewed as an explicit licence to copy and use.

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