Cambridge University Press v. Patton
Okay kiddo, so imagine you have a book and you want to be able to read it whenever you want, but you don't want your friends to be able to read it without your permission. That's called controlling access to the book.
Now imagine if you wrote a special code on the book that only you and your friends know. That way, you can control who gets to read your book and who doesn't. That's like a password or a key that unlocks the book.
Well, Cambridge University Press is kind of like the owner of lots of special codes that unlock special books. They make money by selling these codes to people who want to read those books.
But the problem is, there's a website called Georgia State University that's making digital copies of these books and letting anyone with an internet connection read them for free. That's like someone stealing the special code to your book and giving it to all your friends without your permission.
So Cambridge University Press is suing Georgia State University to try to stop them from doing this. They're saying that it's not fair for Georgia State to distribute copies of the books for free when other people have to pay for the special codes to unlock them.
It's a big legal battle to figure out who's right and who's wrong. But ultimately, it's all about controlling access to important information and making sure that people get paid for sharing that information with others.
Now imagine if you wrote a special code on the book that only you and your friends know. That way, you can control who gets to read your book and who doesn't. That's like a password or a key that unlocks the book.
Well, Cambridge University Press is kind of like the owner of lots of special codes that unlock special books. They make money by selling these codes to people who want to read those books.
But the problem is, there's a website called Georgia State University that's making digital copies of these books and letting anyone with an internet connection read them for free. That's like someone stealing the special code to your book and giving it to all your friends without your permission.
So Cambridge University Press is suing Georgia State University to try to stop them from doing this. They're saying that it's not fair for Georgia State to distribute copies of the books for free when other people have to pay for the special codes to unlock them.
It's a big legal battle to figure out who's right and who's wrong. But ultimately, it's all about controlling access to important information and making sure that people get paid for sharing that information with others.