law Archives - Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center Stanford University Libraries Tue, 30 Nov 2021 21:04:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 53157805 Oregon Claims Copyright on Oregon Revised Statutes https://fairuse.stanford.edu/2008/04/19/hi_friendsthe_state_of_oregon/ Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:35:19 +0000 https://fairuse.stanford.edu/?p=29 Hi Friends, The state of Oregon has claimed copyright on the Oregon Revised Statutes and sent a cease and desist letter to Justia, with a threat of litigation if they were not removed or licensed. You can read more about this on the Justia Blog “Cease, Desist & Resist – Oregon’s Copyright Claim on the […]

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The state of Oregon has claimed copyright on the Oregon Revised Statutes and sent a cease and desist letter to Justia, with a threat of litigation if they were not removed or licensed. You can read more about this on the Justia Blog “Cease, Desist & Resist – Oregon’s Copyright Claim on the Oregon Revised Statutes” as well as Tim Armstrong’s post “Can States Copyright Their Statutes?” on Info/Law and William Patry’s post “Oregon goes wacka wacka huna kuna” on the The Patry Copyright Blog and Sam Bayard’s post “Oregon Claims Copyright in Its Statutes — Well, Sort Of” on the Citizen Media Law Project Blog. And there have been a additional posts on other blogs.
We are talking with Oregon early next week and will let you know how it goes. 
Onward & Peace,
Tim

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