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=== 2011 lawsuit ===
On 30 September 2011, a lawsuit, ''Astrolabe, Inc. v. Olson et al.'', was filed concerning [[copyright]] in the database.<ref>{{cite web | title = Astrolabe, Inc. v. Olson et al | url = httphttps://dockets.justia.com/docket/massachusetts/madce/1:2011cv11725/139342/ | date = 6 October 2011 | access-date = 6 October 2011 | archive-date = 8 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111008182854/http://dockets.justia.com/docket/massachusetts/madce/1:2011cv11725/139342 | url-status =26 liveSeptember 2024}}</ref><ref name= "complaint">{{cite web | title = ASTROLABE, INC., Plaintiff, v. ARTHUR DAVID OLSON and PAUL EGGERT, Defendants. | url = http://web.mit.edu/jhawk/tmp/tz/gov.uscourts.mad.139342.1.0.pdf | date = 30 September 2011 | access-date = 7 October 2011 | archive-date = 14 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120314225708/http://web.mit.edu/jhawk/tmp/tz/gov.uscourts.mad.139342.1.0.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> As a result, on 6 October 2011, the database's mailing list and [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]] site were shut down.<ref name="shutdown-email">{{cite mailing list | title=Civil suit; ftp shutdown; mailing list shutdown | url=https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2011-October/008945.html | last=Olson | first=Arthur David | date=6 October 2011 | access-date=27 October 2018 | mailing-list=tz | archive-date=8 March 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308175942/https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2011-October/008945.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The case revolved around the database maintainers' use of ''The American Atlas'', by [[Thomas G. Shanks]], and ''The International Atlas'', by Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger. It complained of unauthorised reproduction of atlas data in the timezone mailing list archive and in some auxiliary link collections maintained with the database, though it did not actually point at the database itself. The complaint related only to the compilation of historical timezone data, and did not cover extant tzdata world timezone tables.<ref name= "complaint" /><ref>{{cite web | title = Time zone database shut down | url = http://www.thedailyparker.com/PermaLink,guid,c5f28bae-4b9c-41ea-b7b7-8891ad63c938.aspx | work = The Daily Parker | date = 6 October 2011 | access-date = 6 October 2011 | archive-date = 7 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111007173906/http://www.thedailyparker.com/PermaLink,guid,c5f28bae-4b9c-41ea-b7b7-8891ad63c938.aspx | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name= astrolabes-opinion>{{cite web |title= Time-zone database – Astrolabe's opinion |url= http://blog.joda.org/2011/10/time-zone-database-astrolabes-opinion.html |work= Stephen Colebourne's blog |date= 13 October 2011 |access-date= 26 October 2011 |archive-date= 14 October 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111014103601/http://blog.joda.org/2011/10/time-zone-database-astrolabes-opinion.html |url-status= live }}</ref>
This lawsuit was resolved on 22 February 2012 after the involvement of the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]], when Astrolabe voluntarily [[Motion (legal)#To dismiss|moved to dismiss]] the lawsuit without having ever [[Service of process|served]] the defendants and agreed to a covenant not to sue in the future.<ref>{{cite web |title = EFF Wins Protection for Time Zone Database |url = https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-wins-protection-time-zone-database |publisher = Electronic Frontier Foundation |date = 22 February 2012 |access-date = 22 February 2012 |archive-date = 23 February 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120223044811/https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-wins-protection-time-zone-database |url-status = live }}</ref>
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