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From: scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve Simmons)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: UUCP Maps Used For Commerce
Message-ID: <3833@itivax.iti.org>
Date: 20 Sep 89 12:56:12 GMT
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Organization: Industrial Technology Institute, Ann Arbor, MI.
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brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor) writes:

>Even assuming that the maps were copyrighted, in what way do you think
>that prevents someone from using them to make a mailing list?  Or do you
>think that a using the names in the mailing list is in some way
>republishing the maps?

>Just how much power of restriction do you think a copyright grants?

That's a darned good point.  Clearly one can use copywritten material
as research data to create a work which is not covered by the original
copyright.  So if somebody grabs the maps, extracts the addresses, re-forms
them to match what the mailing list needs, mixes them with addresses from
other sources, has there been copyright violation?  If so, every paper
which involved research is a copyright violation.
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Steve Simmons		          scs@vax3.iti.org
Industrial Technology Institute     Ann Arbor, MI.
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