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From: ralph@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Ralph Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Copyrights and the Net (was: MacsBug available on Compuserve...)
Message-ID: <770@cf-cm.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 89 14:22:32 GMT
Organization: University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff, WALES, UK.
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I'm no lawyer, and I dont even live in the US, so I am shooting my mouth off
from a real position of ignorance here. Having said that, it seem to mer that 
the argument
"You cant put software on bulletin boards etc without losing copyright, 
cause you don't know who's downloading it (or similar arguments about
licencing, rather than copyright)"
can't be the whole story, cause when a shop sells a book, or software
package to Joe Public who walks in off the streetr, it doesnt know who he is,
and he aint asked to tell em.
Anyone who knows the REAL scoop on this stuff like to enlighten us all?