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From: allen@granite.dec.com (Allen Akin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Shareware? Hah!
Message-ID: <186@granite.dec.com>
Date: 20 Feb 88 02:00:02 GMT
References: <4815@ihlpg.ATT.COM> <3343@killer.UUCP>
Reply-To: allen@decwrl.dec.com (Allen Akin)
Organization: DEC Workstation Systems Engineering
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In article <3343@killer.UUCP> davidg@killer.UUCP (David Guntner) writes:
>One note:  Do NOT under any circumstance upload it to Compu$pend - I have heard
>that they have this weird idea that they hold the copywrite on ALL material
>that comes from their system, including things which users have uploaded!

Common misconception.  Compu$erve holds an ``anthology copyright'' on
their databases.  This is intended to prevent other information services
from downloading and reselling the databases in their entirety.

Anthology copyright is common in the publishing industry.  In no way
does it restrict the author's rights to the original material.

Allen