Monday, April 22, 2013
Copyright bullying, university edition
Copyright bullying at its most ludicrous: SLU’s
general counsel threatens to sue AAUP chapter for surveying faculty because SLU
already surveyed faculty, refuses to clear any questions because any questions might be “derivative works”
of existing survey. Statutory damages
can be awarded against copyright
claimants, too. Just sayin’.
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Rebecca, what's the provision where you can get statutory damages for false claims of infringement? It would seem a useful tool for situations like this but I've never encountered it before, or perhaps I have and it is eluding me.
A prevailing defendant can get fees under Fogerty v. Fantasy--sadly, there's no independent cause of action, so one would have to be able to bring a successful declaratory judgment.
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