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Re:Internet Archive Responds to Recording Industry Lawsuit T... by jfengel on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @01:39PM (#37136914)
The plaintiff doesn't want to open a loophole. Suppose that one of these records gets used in a major film soundtrack, and now everybody is downloading it. They will have a harder time asserting their ownership if they don't defend it now.

Their approach stands on applying the law as written: "This is mine and you can't have it, even if I don't really much care about it."

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Re:Internet Archive Responds to Recording Industry Lawsuit T... by IIsi50MHz on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @09:01PM (#37141464)
As I understand it: in USA law copyright, unlike a trademark, is not invalidated by failure to defend it. You are free to ignore unauthorised copying of, or usage, of your work until such time as you find it sufficiently objectionable.
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