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p2pnet.net News:- Healthcare Advocates of Philadelphia sued Healthcare Advocate for trademark infringement.
But as CNET News explains, “Lawyers for the defendant used the Wayback Machine to get access to old Web pages of the plaintiff. The plaintiff then sued both the defendant’s law firm, Harding Earley Follmer & Frailey, and the Internet Archive, saying the nonprofit had archived pages that it should not have.”
Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle told CNET the problem was due to a ‘temporary’ Wayback bug that allowed the pages, “that should have been hidden,” to be accessed.
“This is really a lawsuit between two parties and we got sort of dragged into it and I’m glad we’re now out of it,” he said.
Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, says CNET, adding, “Meanwhile, the plaintiff’s lawsuit against the law firm for allegedly violating copyright law by accessing the old documents is pending.”
Also See:
Wayback Machine - Wayback Machine sued: DMCA, July 13, 2005
CNET - Internet Archive settles suit against Wayback Machine, August 24, 2006
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