Friday, September 25, 2009

Scribd Cries Foul on Unusual Infringement Lawsuit

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Scribd, a document hosting service, was recently sued by a children’s author in Texas last, against charges that its copyright filtering system commits infringement. Specifically, the author alleges that Scribd unlawfully copies the text of books and other publications to compare new uploads against the copyrighted work and to block those files from its server.

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