[Reader-list] Philosophy prof wont go to jail for unofficial Derrida translations

[Vivek Narayanan]

Question: I wonder who gets to authorise the translations?
--Vivek

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/14/philosophy-prof-wont.html
Philosophy Prof Won't Go to Jail for Making Unofficial Derrida 
Translations Available to Students


Horacio Potel, the Argenine philosophy professor who was facing a 
possible prison sentence for posting unauthorized translations of 
unavailable Derrida works for his students to read, has been exonerated 
by an Argentine court:

    On 13 November, the Argentinean justice decided that Potel's actions 
did not justify penal prosecution, and he was declared free of charges, 
according to the Fundación Vía Libre, an Argentinean nongovernmental 
organisation focussed on civil rights in the digital area, who posted 
the court decision [pdf] on their website...

    "In our legal system," Beatriz Busaniche of Vía Libre told 
Intellectual Property Watch this week, "this case will not be considered 
as jurisprudence, but the case as a whole helped us spread the word 
about copyright issues."

    "One of the main results is that now social sciences universities 
here are aware of this conflict and really committed to open the debate 
around copyright," she said.

Restoration Of French Philosopher's Work Online In Argentina Seen As An 
Opening (Thanks, Carolina!) (Image: File:Derrida-by-Pablo-Secca.jpg, 
Wikimedia Commons)
Previously:

    * Argentine philosophy prof faces prison time for posting unofficial ...