Article 3S3AH Norwegian court orders volunteers to take down public domain court verdicts and pay copyright troll's legal bills

Norwegian court orders volunteers to take down public domain court verdicts and pay copyright troll's legal bills

by
Cory Doctorow
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Hikon Wium Lie has many claims to fame -- he not only created Cascading Style Sheets, an integral part of the web, but he also was the first person to publish the laws of Norway (which are public domain, but were behind a $1/minute paywall at the time) for free, online. Though the company that maintained this paywall threatened to sue, they eventually saw the light and put the laws up for free. (more")

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