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...choppy waters of Internet copyright law just got even rougher. This week, a federal judge in Utah issued a preliminary injunction against Sandra and Jerald Tanner, whose site, which contains criticisms of the Mormon church, provides links to text pirated from the church's Handbook of Instructions. The judge, whose injunction will stand until the case is tried or settled, said it is likely the couple engaged in "contributory copyright infringement" by linking to a site they knew, or should have known, contained the unauthorized copies. The Tanners' lawyer, on the other hand, argued that since the couple were acting...
...physical books or music would slow the transfer of information on the Web, ostensibly negating a primary purpose of the medium: the free exchange of information. And, as every judge knows, since Internet copyright law is still in its formative stages, every case has wide-reaching impact. The Utah case is no exception. "A judge could eventually rule that this injunction harms this couple's First Amendment rights," says Quittner. "On the other hand, the courts could decide that copyright law is copyright law, no matter where it's applied...
...took an ex-girlfriend out and I had in the back a box with champagne and strawberries, and we also had some wine and cheese in the back plus some other pastries and we went into rural Utah, and put a blanket down and sat under the stars...
...thinks he'll give his first vote to Hatch, the U.S. senator from Utah...
...time allowed for response to each question. The moderators also allowed for little discussion between the candidates. In particular, the various questions asked by Karen Brown of WNUR detracted significantly from the tenor of the debate and trivialized the issues facing the American people. When Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) suggested in his closing statement that the candidates try a Lincoln-Douglas style debate in January, it was the best idea of the evening...