From: lefty@apple.com (Lefty)
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 94 11:45:27 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: archiving on inet
Message-ID: <9402011948.AB17603@federal-excess.apple.com>
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>Usenet copyrightable? I still doubt it. Of course, the only way to 
>find out is to file a very expensive lawsuit. Most posters would not find 
>their postings worth the expense to sue on copyright. Only a very rich 
>dilletante, or someone less rich who is a fanatic on the subject is 
>likely to do so.  Also, you would have a hard time answering the 
>difference between charging for a usenet feed and charging for a cd-rom, 
>again I see little difference except that one is more prompt in time than 
>the other. But, again, my newsfeed from a BBS which might be 24 hrs 
>delayed, and my netcom account which is much faster and a cd-rom differs 
>only as to time removed from the original posting. 

So, would you argue, on the same grounds, that you didn't believe that a
movie delivered into your home via a cable feed could be copyrighted?

How about a movie on a laser disk?

Do you understand that there's is a difference between personal use, which
does not infringe copyright, and redistribution, which does?

Are you _sure_ you're an attorney?

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Lefty (lefty@apple.com)
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