From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!duke!unc!mcnc!idis!mi-cec!dvk
Newsgroups: net.general
Title: Copyright violations
Article-I.D.: mi-cec.203
Posted: Thu Dec  9 11:33:02 1982
Received: Sun Dec 12 13:07:41 1982

On the idea of (physical) bulletin boards:

	Say that I have a copy of a book. It has something in it of general
interest. It has been stated that retyping this information on a BB is a
violation of copyright laws.

	Is making a xerographic copy of the page(s) and posting them on
the physical bulletin board likewise in violation? Do I have to rip the
page out of the book and tack *that* up?

	I understand the *reasons* for the copyright laws, but I question
the enforcement of the spirit in which they were concieved.

	-Dan Klein, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh