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Facebook would fight tooth and nail to get those documents removed if they show up on GitHub. They’d win, too - since they own copyright.
by josephg 5y ago
Facebook would fight tooth and nail to get those documents removed if they show up on GitHub. They’d win, too - since they own copyright.
- ceejayoz 5y agohttps://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107 > Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. (Emphasis mine.)
- falcolas 5y agoFair use is a positive defense though, so you'd have to go through a trial (assumption being Facebook throws enough lawyers at it to make it impossible for a "it's obviously fair use" argument work) to assert it.
- adolph 5y agoA repo need not be in a US or any jurisdiction. If it is important enough to have legislative talking time, it is important enough to be made public for people to make their own decisions about it. By keeping it private this is all hat and no cattle.