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From: rossj@dartvax.UUCP (Ross Jacobs)
Newsgroups: net.jokes.d
Subject: Re: Copyrights -- Dave Barry
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Date: Sat, 18-May-85 06:17:14 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 18 06:17:14 1985
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> On the contrary!  The note from the columnist does not constitute
> "written permission."  First of all, the courts do not accept electronic
> communications, except in some very clearly defined situations, to
> be the same as hardcopy, signed documents.  But more importantly,
> the columnist clearly stated that HE ISN'T THE ONE WHO CAN GIVE
> OUT THE PERMISSION!  He said that he personally didn't care, but that
> the people who owned the copyright, and would be the ones from whom
> permission must be gained, most certainly did care.
> 
> --Lauren--

blah, blah, blah.
     
     You know what sparked this whole thing? I dug it out of author_copy and 
decided I'd let you all look at it once again.
>... spare us normal non-lawyer sorts an argument about copyrights. If its 
>funny, its funny. If Dave Barry doesn't like it, let him sue. Let him sue me
>first. He wont get any money out of me. Dartmouth College has it all. It'll
>just be his legal fees and a lovely trip to downtown Hanover, NH that he
>can write off against his income taxes....
    This was never a flagrant touting of any laws. It was an attempt to stop
brent and Brad Needham from bashing each other's c-shells together and taking
the rest of net.jokes.d with em. It was sorta meant to avoid the argument 
completely...lookit what happens!
    Sorry. Next time I want to drop an issue I won't make an issue of it.
                                             --Ross

p.s. And I hope Peter Merchant won't either! :-)
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