16.10.2014 - 06:52 [ Techdirt ]

Lawyer Says It‘s Copyright Infringement To Use Her Own Blog Posts Against Her In Disciplinary Proceedings

Eugene Volokh points our attention to yet another bizarre copyright case, Denison v. Larkin, in which lawyer Joanne Denison argued that the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (IARDC) infringed on her copyrights by using portions of her own blog as evidence against her during a disciplinary proceeding. Not surprisingly, the court soundly rejected this particular interpretation of copyright law