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Thomson Reuters is suing George Mason University, arguing that the university reverse-engineered Thomson’s EndNote citation software and created a free Firefox extension called Zotero. Thomson wants GMU to stop distribution of Zotero, plus damages of $10 million for each year it’s been available. Looking at Zotero’s changelog, that amounts to 30 mil. Thanks, Gary. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian |
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The first beta was Oct. 5, 2006–that’s less than two years ago.
I think Thomson Reuters wants money for every year that Zotero has supported using EndNote styles. That feature was only in a single, very recent beta version (e.g. $10M).
I think they will have a tough enough case getting this (since the Zotero developers did not decompile the EndNote software, the EndNote site license may or may not agree to .ENS files, and the people who developed this feature may or may not be bound by an agreement between the University and Thomson). I would hope that it would be impossible for them to get damages for years where the feature they have a qualm with did not exist.