Thursday, November 21, 2002
Copyright idiocy
Some big retailers who should know better (or perhaps they do but are just trying it on) have just used US Copyright Law (the DMCA) to force a bargain shoppers' website, FatWallet, to remove sales price lists. According to Wired:
Scooping sales circulars by several days, the postings, apparently from site users who had access to proprietary sales information, included lists of products, along with reduced prices, that will go on sale Nov. 29 -- the day known as "Black Friday" for U.S. retailers because it kicks off the holiday buying season.Walmart however think it's all copyrightable - because it is a "compilation of prices" and therefore "is very much copyrightable." grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. And people thought they were kidding when they said - copyright on compilations can mean copyright on facts.
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