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From: gast@maui.cs.ucla.edu (David Gast)
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Subject: Copyright
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Date: 2 Mar 91 03:09:43 GMT
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In article <1991Feb25.130709.11347@ims.alaska.edu> floyd@ims.alaska.edu (Floyd Davidson) writes:
>In article <9121@buster.UUCP> rabbit@buster.UUCP (Dr. Roger Rabbit) writes:
>[...] 

>A collection of material, be it public domain or usenet articles,
>can be copyrighted by the whoever puts the collection together.
>It is a valid copyright, for the collection.  If something in
>the collection is otherwise distributed by someone otherwise
>authorized to distribute it there is no violation of the
>copyright for the collection.

Well, if I understand what you are saying, I can take a bunch of copyrighted
software, make a collection of these pieces of software, copyright it,
and sell it.  I think this statement is completely false.  I can only
include a piece in the collection if I have the permission of the copyright
owners for that piece.  After obtaining that permission, then I can copyright
the collection.

David