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From: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: patents, copyrights, licenses
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Date: Fri, 24-Jan-86 13:21:44 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 24 13:21:44 1986
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In article <11493@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> wrf@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU (W. Randolph Franklin) writes:

>2. On the other hand, a textbook publisher's rep I met was complaining
>about the unfairness (to the author) of students being able to sell
>their books to someone else to reuse the next year.  Can you see SW
>style licenses on books next?


Walk up to that publisher's rep for me, and with all your might shout
in his ear, "GIMME A BREAAAAAAK!"

I can just see public libraries getting sued because they buy one copy
and lend it out to hundreds of people.

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