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From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Introduction to REC.HUMOR.FUNNY -- Monthly Posting
Keywords: Copyright, Plagerism
Message-ID: <2205@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 6 Feb 89 10:02:07 GMT
References: <2712@looking.UUCP> <1449@papaya.bbn.com> <166@deltam.UUCP> <488@utoday.UUCP>
Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne)
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In article <488@utoday.UUCP> greenber@.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) writes:
>
>As for Brad's compilation copyright, that's been pretty firmly established
>as being a legal entity.  Brad is therefore within his rights to claim
>the right(s) to copy his works as he sees fit.  It would be upto the
>individual enduser sites to determine whether or not they wish to comply
>with the restrictions.  It would be upto Brad to assert his right(s) were
>they violated.

Yes, for example on pay-for-play systems like Compuserve they are very
explicit about their compilation copyright. They don't claim copyright over
the individual articles but don't try and download all of a sig to your bbs.
You might just get a call from their lawyers asking you to remove it.

It might be interesting for someone who has access to Compuserve to post
some of the relevant sections. I'm sure the they wouldn't mind as long as
it's only excerpts properly accredited.

Brad as the person assemblying and issuing of r.h.f has the compilation
copyright by default. Unless and until he renouces it; it's his. Always has
been.

Can we get back a more interesting subject now?

BTW Brad you can add a new chapter to your history:

	r.h.f moderator claims copyright, pundits predict end of net in
	sight.



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Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca {ubc-cs,uunet}!van-bc!sl     Vancouver,BC,604-937-7532