From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!davy
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: Re: Massive copyright violations on - (nf)
Article-I.D.: pur-ee.739
Posted: Wed Dec 15 01:25:39 1982
Received: Wed Dec 15 09:02:22 1982

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pur-ee!davy    Dec 14 23:08:00 1982



	In order to get a knowledgable opinion on the copyright laws,
	I called a lawyer today and asked him about it.  Unfortunately,
	he said he didn't want to say for sure since he wasn't sure 
	exactly what was involved with the net, etc.  It seems that this
	issue is a lot more complex than it looks.

	He didn't want to give any advice without my giving him a fee, but
	he did go so far as to say "I would think it is probably illegal
	to post copyrighted material.  

	I'll try to find a lawyer who'll tell me for free (I'll be damned
	if I'm gonna pay him a fee for something I could probably dig out 
	of a book!) and post any info I get.

--Dave Curry 
pur-ee!davy