From: wcs@anchor.ho.att.com (bill.stewart@pleasantonca.ncr.com +1-510-484-6204)
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 94 18:41:04 PST
To: talon57@well.sf.ca.us
Subject: Re:  digital signatures/copyright
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Brian Williams asks:
>  Could one make a case that the use of Digital signatures in
>  messages imply's copyright retention by the author?

No - you can make a case that the author doesn't want his words to be 
forged or tampered with, and is using technology rather than law to enforce it.

Doesn't affect the rest of the legal situation, though one could
try to argue either that the author was or was not expecting copyright.

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		Bill