Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not wanting to give legal advice, the Eleventh Amendment says that states may not be sued unless they consent (which most do by legislation because otherwise the electorate would be revolting (which some think they are anyway)). For years, states were able to avoid being sued for both patent and copyright infringement, but a recent US Supreme Court case reversed previous holdings as to copyright infringement and states now must comply with the copyright laws in most instances. Adam Cochran