Appeals court rules publishing tech specs may be fair use

Appeals court rules publishing tech specs may be fair use

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/17/appeals_court_thinks_publishing_copyrighted_tech_specs_might_be_okay/

In a victory for those supporting open access to technical specifications, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday vacated injunctions [PDF] that prohibited Public.Resource.Org (PRO) from publishing copyrighted technical standards online.

The appeals court reversed a partial grant of summary judgement against the non-profit organization and returned the case to the US District Court for the District of Columbia to decide whether PRO's distribution of technical standards qualifies for the fair use defense against copyright claims.

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