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From: jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala)
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Subject: Re: copyright status and future development of comp.archives
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Date: 24 Jun 91 22:07:38 GMT
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In article <1991Jun24.175523.17435@cirrus.com>, dhesi@cirrus (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>So think about which meaning of "public" is intended here.  Then tell
>me why this meaning should prevent the posting of copyrighted
>information to the net.  (We already have tons of copyrighted software
>posted.)

How can 'information' be copyrighted ?  I didn't think it could be
copyrighted.  The expression is covered by copyright, not the
information.

Also, according to the Berne convention (I think), mostly everything
posted on the net is _already_ by default copyrighted by the author;
that is, the author has the right to decide what happens to the
article he has written.

//Jyrki