(Mainichi)
A damages suit filed by the Tokyo head office of the Yomiuri Shimbun against an Internet service firm that used the newspaper's headlines without permission was rejected in the Tokyo District Court. Denying the newspaper's demand that the Internet firm stop using the headlines and pay damages of 68 million yen, the court ruled that using Internet headlines without permission did not violate copyright. 'Using headlines that are open to the public on the Internet without authorization does not constitute a copyright violation,' the judge said 28 March 2004
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