{"id":51869,"date":"2015-07-24T18:44:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T00:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/24\/all-your-law-is-belong-to-us.html"},"modified":"2015-07-25T09:43:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T15:43:03","slug":"all-your-law-is-belong-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/24\/all-your-law-is-belong-to-us.html","title":{"rendered":"All Your Law Is Belong To Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The State of Georgia suggests that annotating and publishing the state&#39;s laws is a violation of copyright. And they&#39;re suing the guy who did it.<\/p>\n<p>So much for respect for the law, not to mention free enterprise.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Electronic Frontier Foundation<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Georgia brings a copyright lawsuit against Carl Malamud&mdash;for publishing state laws.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='https:\/\/eff.org\/r.4dgf'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/lJN9AGCLWzd-nTGPfww5--iZbtIduw0iGz4629gKB-zsoNn6ctCYR7pt4TAZ8Yis3z4rAbWe58VU=w120-h120' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='https:\/\/eff.org\/r.4dgf'>State Of Georgia Sues Carl Malamud For Copyright Infringement For Publishing The State&#8217;s Own Laws | Techdirt<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nTwo years ago, we wrote about the state of Georgia ridiculously threatening to sue Carl Malamud and his site Public.Resource.org for copyright infringement&#8230; for publishing an official annotated copy of the state&#8217;s laws.  This followed on a&#8230;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/AzkV7TUmbat'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State of Georgia suggests that annotating and publishing the state&#39;s laws is a violation of copyright. And they&#39;re suing the guy who did it. So much for respect for the law, not to mention free enterprise. Originally shared by +Electronic Frontier Foundation: Georgia brings a copyright lawsuit against Carl Malamud&mdash;for publishing state laws. 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