Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!unisoft!mtxinu!ed
From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: USENIX does *NOT* sell the membership list!!!
Message-ID: <574@mtxinu.UUCP>
Date: 21 Mar 88 19:39:30 GMT
References: <9249@uunet.UU.NET> <8033@elsie.UUCP>
Reply-To: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley
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>A group I'm associated with copyrights such lists to at least make known
>its intention that the lists not be used this way.  Usenix, being big enough
>to afford lawyers, might even be able to make a few bucks off of copyright
>infringement using this technique.  :-)

Yes, Usenix has laywers.  And they've said that such copyrights afford
essentially no protection.

-- 
Ed Gould                    mt Xinu, 2560 Ninth St., Berkeley, CA  94710  USA
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