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From: oster@lapis.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster)
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Subject: Re: Copyrighting trivial code
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Date: Thu, 22-Jan-87 14:24:44 EST
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Although really short things, like book titles, cannot be registered with
the copyright office, they may be trade-marked. In fact the word "copyright"
itself, is a registered trade-mark of Mr. Pearlmutter of El Paso, Texas,
and may not be used without permission (according to his son).