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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1991 14:56:40 GMT
From: Carl Wright <wright@ais.org>
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Subject: Re: Supreme Court: White Pages Not Copyrightable
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In article <telecom11.305.8@eecs.nwu.edu> rborow@bcm1a09.attmail.com
writes:

> Mark Mortarotti had stated that he owns his address and his name.

Randy goes on to explain that our addresses belong to the local
government and the post office to make what they will. I agree with
him.

Further I believe that Mark's name as a work of original authorship
could be copyrightable by his parents. They thought it up and first
published it.

But Mark could claim that his name is a trademark which marks the
results of his work and so long as he uses it, he has rights over the
name.

Probably the only thing that Mark owns is HIS TIME.


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