[ih] Copyright Violation Claim

Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim rms46 at vlsm.org
Sun Aug 26 22:04:22 PDT 2001


>>         Just in case you would like to access almost any old internet draft
>> written within the last 10 years or so, go to http://www.watersprings.org,
>> it is really an amazing webpage... They have more than 18200 documents all
>> together (about 15000 drafts and 3000 RFCs)...
> 
> FWIW, that web site is violating the copyright of the document,
> and in some cases the copyright of the author by serving such
> documents, notably those that predate RFCs 2026 and 1610 (March 1994).
> Beyond 3/1994, they may be violating the copyright of that material
> by the ISOC.
> 
> Prior to those dates, there was no explicit transferral of
> copyright to the ISOC (in which case they remain with the author).

Perhaps this should be taken to Hale dan Dorr through Poisson.
- who is claiming copyright violation?
- what copyright is violated?



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