Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Online Listing Qualifies For Copyright Protection

In a decision published on June 21 (BUC Int'l Corp. v. Int'l Yacht Council), the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that BUC International Corp.'s method of organizing its online listings of yachts for sale was unique enough to qualify for copyright protection. The defendant had "scraped" adds off of BUC's website.

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