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From: msa@clinet.FI (Markku Savela)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Copyright on Usenet
Summary: Let's get this clear -- who owns news articles?
Message-ID: <756@clinet.FI>
Date: 29 Oct 88 16:08:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: clinet.756
References: <15638@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <7068@dasys1.UUCP> <391@flatline.UUCP> <15798@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <396@flatline.UUCP> <879@etive.ed.
Reply-To: msa@clinet.UUCP (Markku Savela)
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In article <879@etive.ed.ac.uk> jcb@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Julian Bradfield) writes:
>Would some of you experts care to comment on the position of Usenet
>articles originating outside the United States? ...

   And what about the status of Usenet articles here in Europe? Some
local people advocate the idea, that the local Unix Interest groups (EUUG,
FUUG,...) have some kind of monopoly (copyright) on all usenet material
transported to Europe?

   The local organization *HAS* the right to have some control over the
material, because they are paying to get it here. I'm very greatful of
this service provided and I hope the service continues.

   But, if I were to get my own contact to US, nobody should be able
to complain? Or is there really an agreement between backbones, that
they won't accept any other links except the "official" mcvax?

   Once more, I must stress that the current service is most likely
very hard to beat. Costs would run too high for just few nodes. But,
in principle it should be possible to do, right?

   Who owns news articles?

--
Markku Savela, msa@clinet.fi