Some are still more equal than others… the US Supreme Court has ruled that states and state agencies cannot be sued for violating federal copyright laws, the justices refusing to revive allegations that the University of California at Los Angeles illegally copied BV Engineering’s programs and instruction manuals; the basis of the iniquitous ruling appears […]
Some are still more equal than others… the US Supreme Court has ruled that states and state agencies cannot be sued for violating federal copyright laws, the justices refusing to revive allegations that the University of California at Los Angeles illegally copied BV Engineering’s programs and instruction manuals; the basis of the iniquitous ruling appears to be the 11th Amendment to the US Constitution, which shields the states of the union from a variety of lawsuits, and that protection was not explicitly removed or abrogated by the Federal Copyright Act
