Friday, 6 June 2014

You can’t break copyright by looking at something online, Europe’s top court rules

Already worked that out for yourself? Not quite so obvious to some:

http://gigaom.com/2014/06/05/you-cant-break-copyright-by-looking-at-something-online-europes-top-court-rules/

So, it's official: you're not breaking copyright by reading this page :)

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