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<div class="newsTitle">Time zone database has new home after lawsuit<br><br></div>
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<div class="newsAuthor">ANICK JESDANUN</div>
<div class="newsProvider">From Associated Press</div>
October 16, 2011 7:35 PM EDT </div>
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — The organization in charge of the
Internet's address system is taking over a database widely used by
computers and websites to keep track of time zones around the world.</p>
<p>The transition to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers, or ICANN, comes a week after the database was abruptly removed
from a U.S. government server because of a federal lawsuit claiming
copyright infringement.</p><p>[...]</p><p>
</p><p>ICANN accelerated those discussions and took over management Friday
after the database was removed from NIH's server on Oct. 6, following a
lawsuit over historical data used.</p>
<p>Astrology software company Astrolabe Inc. argues that Olson
and another volunteer at University of California, Los Angeles should
have paid royalties for including data from its software. The defendants
have insisted that the data are in the public domain and not subject to
copyright. Their employers were not named as defendants.</p>
<p>The federal lawsuit, filed Sept. 30 in Boston, does not affect
current time zone information, which comes from tips sent by volunteers
through an email list.</p>
<p>However, ICANN is keeping the historical information in the database.</p>
<p>"We are aware of the lawsuit," Davies said. "We believe it's
important to continue the operation of the database. We'll deal with any
legal matters as they arise."</p>
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