Source: Cnet.com
Somewhile ago, we brought you the news that Isonews had problems with Sega. Today also Cnet.com reports about this issue...
Sega has launched a campaign of cease-and-desist letters against a list of Web sites that provide news about pirated Dreamcast games, including release information, reviews, credits and some instructions. Although most of these sites are shutting down rather than facing the giant, at least one news site is fighting back, saying that the copyright holders have gone too far. Jennifer Granick, the attorney representing Web site Isonews, says Sega has stepped over the line in asking her client to kill a message board devoted to the Dreamcast player. The request, she says, could put new limits on what kind of speech is deemed legal inside a bulletin board-style forum service. "Really this is a wholesale attack on the concept of unmoderated forums because they theoretically allow people to post information about copyrighted material," Granick said. "By that logic, you could shut down Usenet newsgroups. You could shut down AOL's forums." |
And these arguments DO make sense !
