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From: shor@sphinx.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Copyright
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Date: Mon, 21-Jul-86 14:14:20 EDT
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Reply-To: shor@sphinx.UUCP (Melinda Shore)
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In article <2518@umcp-cs.UUCP> chris@maryland.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
>
>	No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted
>	in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
>	including photocopying and recording, or by any informatoin
>	storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing ....
>
When we were taught about copyright law in library school, one of the
first things that we were told is that saying it's so doesn't make it
so.  This claim by publishers doesn't have the force of law behind it,
and can be ignored.  Brief excerpts (with attribution) used for
educational or illustrative purposes are perfectly legal, as long as
they don't steal potential income from the publisher.  In short, the
above claim by publishers is both silly and unenforceable.
-- 
Melinda Shore                               ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!shor
University of Chicago Computation Center    XASSHOR@UCHIMVS1.Bitnet