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June 30, 2005
Today in History - June 30
Posted by Ernest Miller
June 30
1936 - Gone With the Wind published.
A parody of this famous book, The Wind Done Gone, was sued by GWTW's copyright holders. The district court enjoined sale of the parody, but the 11th Cir. overturned the injunction in a great copyfight victory. Read the 61-page decision: Suntrust Bank v. Houghton Mifflin Co. [PDF]. More case documents here: Suntrust Bank v. Houghton Mifflin Company Court Papers.
The copyright on GWTW will not expire in the US until 2031, assuming the copyright term is not extended once again. However, GWTW's copyright did expire in 1999 in Australia. In November 2004, the copyright holders sought to force the Australian affiliate of Project Gutenberg to remove the book from their files. See, New York Times, One Internet, Many Copyright Laws. The text is available via Project Gutenberg Australia here: Gone With the Wind [2.3MB Txt].
1961 - Death of
Lee De Forest, Inventor
De Forest invented the audion, a type of vacuum tube that amplified signals and was particularly useful for radio reception. He is one of the fathers of the electronic age.
1974 - Death of
Vannevar Bush, Inventor, Engineer, Politician
Among many other accomplishments, he conceived of the Memex, which many consider to be an influential precursor to the personal computer, hypertext and World Wide Web.
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Ernest Miller pursues research and writing on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and First Amendment issues. Mr. Miller attended the U.S. Naval Academy before attending Yale Law School, where he was president and co-founder of the Law and Technology Society, and founded the technology law and policy news site LawMeme. He is a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
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