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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: Are copyrights assets
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rlvd_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Robert Levandowski)

>>or would you put them in the public domain for all to see for free?
>
>    Absa-f*ckin-lutely!
>
>I don't know, Dennis, that might not be wise.  Public domain things can
>be republished without permission.
>
>Now, you could instead do what software authors do with "freeware:"  retain
>your copyrights, but on every copy, print a notice similar to
>
>  All rights under copyright reserved.  The copyright owner hereby
>  grants permission for individuals to make copies of this work for
>  their own personal use, so long as no charge is made for the copy
>  beyond the actual cost of materials involved.  No charge may be made
>  for the labor of duplicating this work.  This work may not be incorporated,
>  included, or quoted in any other work without the copyright holder's 
>  permission, except as provided under the doctrine of "Fair Use."  This
>  work may not be sold.  This work may not be duplicated except in its
>  entirety, unaltered, without the copyright holder's permission.
>
>I'm sure MoFo could help you put together something like this which would
>prevent unscrupulous people from, say, using the material in a compilation,
>selling it in a leather binding, misquoting it in other work, duplicating
>it with additions or omissions which change the thrust of the work, etc.,
>but it would still permit it to be sown far and wide...  whereas my
>understanding is that public domain materials are fair game for such
>practices, under many circumstances.
>-- 
>--Rob Levandowski
   
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