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This is a bizarre post. It says nothing about what the papers filed actually mean. The papers are a proposed permanent injunction that both the publishers and
by jawns 3y ago
This is a bizarre post. It says nothing about what the papers filed actually mean.
The papers are a proposed permanent injunction that both the publishers and IA have (mostly) agreed on, although the IA wants the injunction to only apply to books that are in print and licensed by the publishers as ebooks. The publishers want it to apply to all books.
I don't know why IA decided to post about it in such a cryptic way, unless maybe it was a condition of the ruling, and they're doing the absolute minimum to satisfy that condition.
- boomboomsubban 3y agoI assume they made this small post for those already familiar with the case, and they'll have new larger write-ups on it as the appeal draws nearer. It reads like an update for those already subscribed to their newsletter on the issue.
- qingcharles 3y agoI almost never see conditions attached to rulings. No judge would want to be pulled up on some freedom of speech issue. It's just IA being IA...