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From: rcd@opus.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.legal,net.flame
Subject: Re: Copyright Violations/Humor/Satire/Michael J/Wierd Al/etc.
Message-ID: <285@opus.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Mar-84 03:42:56 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 28 03:42:56 1984
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> Mr Schwartz has every right in the US to post and claim copyright.
> This method is recognized by the courts...
I am no longer able to tell conjecture from well-founded opinion in the
copyright BS that has been flying.  Can someone knowledgable (preferably a
lawyer with some experience in copyright law) give us an opinion or two???

I realize that one can distribute copies of one's work and retain
copyright.  I do not believe for 1 usec that the courts have ever examined
the relationship between copyright and this net (tho they may end up doing
so soon, I fear!)  The net has a very interesting characteristic, namely
that once you throw material into it, the material gets copied
automatically, as a consequence of the very nature of the net.  I question
whether one can do this and simultaneously retain ALL RIGHTS to the
submitted work.  (I DO know enough to realize that there are many rights
covered under copyright.)
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