Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!rpi!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: Charging the net.... Message-ID: <_M=AK61@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 1 May 91 16:41:44 GMT References: <1991Apr29.132630.17725@robohack.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 17 In article mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes: > ; and you can't make copies of the > telephone directory and sell them just because the telephone company doesn't > try to make a profit on them. Actually, according to a recent court decision, you can. I suppose BT has a different environment to operate in... > For free, yes; you can give a book to a friend. For profit, no; you can't > lend a book, hire it out or re-sell it. Not legally, anyway; again, in > practise the publishers turn a blind eye to people selling second-hand books > for charity, on market stalls, and so on. And how about second hand book stores? Or don't you have those in England? -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"