Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!sumax!halcyon!happym!josh From: josh@happym.WA.COM (Joshua_Putnam) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: Charging the net.... Message-ID: <3295@happym.WA.COM> Date: 1 May 91 19:24:29 GMT References: <1991Apr29.132630.17725@robohack.UUCP> Organization: Happy Man Corp., Vashon Island, WA Lines: 27 In a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com writes: >In mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes: ^^ >>Are you sure you're up-to-date with your copyright law? Your references to >>"the Copyright Act" leave me in doubt. >I'm not sure what Greg means by "the Copyright Act", but you don't seem very >familiar with copyright law either. Looking at the posters' IDs suggests the possibility that both and/or niether are correct, i.e., copyright laws are different in the US and UK. Just because both countries abide by the same treaties does not mean the legislation enforcing those treaties must be identical or fully compatible. (Specifically, used book stores are big business in the US, and I have never seen the "No circulation except in original cover" restriction on US-published books. Is the unenforceability of this clause in the US the reason Penguin books from the UK used to have a note prohibiting distribution to the US?) Just a thought. -- Josh_Putnam@happym.wa.com Happy Man Corp. 206/463-9399 x102 4410 SW Pt. Robinson Rd., Vashon Island, WA 98070-7399 fax x108 We publish SOLID VALUE for the intelligent investor. (NextMail Info. free (sample $20): E-mail patty@happym.wa.com. okay too)