Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!DECWRL.DEC.COM!mwm From: mwm@DECWRL.DEC.COM (Mike Meyer, Real Amigas have keyboard garages) Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: A lot of stuff that's been happening lately Message-ID: <9008291932.AA08880@raven.pa.dec.com> Date: 29 Aug 90 19:32:45 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 20 >> A question: Can I go to the Library of Congress and find full source >> code listings of every program which claims a proper copyright? >> >> I don't think so, something is amiss. Interesting question. I called the Library of Congress and asked. If they consider the reason or rationale for your looking at the filed sources reasonable, they will let you review it at the library. You may not copy it or take it off the premises. There's a $10 fee for doing this, and it takes them weeks to pull the document after you've made the request. The next obvious thing to do is ask them to pull the document for whatever copyright of Lotus's was being violated by Paperback Softwaare. But you have to be able to get to Washington DC to take advantage of this. A $10 processing fee isn't to bad, but roundtrip air tickets to the other coast are a bit much just to satisfy my curiosity.