Re: Copyright & Discovery

From: Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 18:57:33 -0800

On 11/12/98, Ralph Clifford <rclifford[_at_]snesl.edu> wrote:
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> On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu> wrote:
> >
> > My conclusion is based on something more than your description.
> > I'm assuming that the party supplying the copyrighted material
> > knows that the other party is going to copy it. Essentially,
> > they are palming off the responsibility for the copying onto the
> > other side. It's as if someone said to me, "Please make a copy
> > of that manual for me." And I reply, "No, that would be a
> > copyright violation, I'll give it to you so that you can do it."
>
> But that is not what would (should?) be said. "No, that would
> be a copyright violation. I'll give it to you so that you can
> inspect it. If you decide to copy it, that's your business."

I was loading the hypothetical situation because that was what I thought others were saying. Clearly, if you give it to the other side with an express instruction that it is copyrighted material, that it would be unlawful to copy it, and that you are only giving it to them for inspection, the situation would be different.

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Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
UCLA School of Law '98
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