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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
The bottom line is that copyright law is copyright law.
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How incredibly insightful. Contentious copyright matters are still contested in court, and the fact that some may settle with the outcome becoming public
does not give the court a ruling to use as persuasive or binding precedent in later cases.
Parties to Litigation settle out of court for all sorts of reasons - one of those reasons is sometimes that they would not have the money to see the matter through trial. It's quite possible that Ashcroft et al found themselves in this position.
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If Coldplay and Satriani agree to terms outside of a jury ruling, are we to assume that the law didn't apply? The same laws apply to Jagger/Richards and The Verve.
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Certainly - but using the latter as an example of "case law" is flat out
wrong, because, yknow, it
isnt.