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From: rob@raksha.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rob Carriere)
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Subject: Re: Draft releases
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Date: 7 Jun 89 19:35:27 GMT
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In article <10335@socslgw.csl.sony.JUNET> diamond@csl.sony.junet 
(Norman Diamond) writes:
><about why the standard won't be posted on-line>
>My impression is that this was the purpose of copyrights and publishers.
>But what do we do when the publisher refuses to sell copies?  It's hard
>to see how the publisher makes money by not selling it.  It's hard to
>see how they can claim lost profits when copies are given to recipients,
>when the publisher refused to sell to those recipients in the first
>place.  (Anyone know what copyright law says in such a case?)

Yep.  After a while, they lose all rights to the material.  So, all
you have to do is wait for those seven(7) years to pass...  :-) :-)

SR