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> The reason is that state institutions have sovereign immunity from copyright infringement lawsuits. Federal courts disagree; in Cambridge University Press v.
by icebraining 7y ago
> The reason is that state institutions have sovereign immunity from copyright infringement lawsuits.
Federal courts disagree; in Cambridge University Press v. Patton, they did a work-by-work fair use test, and Georgia State University was found infringing on four counts.
- icebraining 7y agoCorrection: it seems they simply failed to raise that argument, so the court didn't take sovereign immunity into account.