[9483] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Inmac, junk mail, and the death of the net.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Raisch, The Internet Company)
Thu Jan 6 18:54:26 1994
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 15:10:15 -0800 (PST)
From: "Rob Raisch, The Internet Company" <raisch@internet.com>
To: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>
Cc: sommerfeld@apollo.hp.com, crocker@tis.com, spike@coke.std.com,
In-Reply-To: <199401062256.AA06663@world.std.com>
On Thu, 6 Jan 1994, Barry Shein wrote:
> I thought it was decided by the Supreme Court recently that one cannot
> copyright a mere list of names etc. against re-use? This was in
> regards to re-use of telephone directories and whether the telcos
> could claim a copyright on the list. They lost, there has to be
> something more to the "work" than just compiling a list.
But I would think that the copyright notice would be appended to each
finger retrieval by the responsible entity. In the case of a 'general'
finger listing the currently logged-on users, the copyright would be
represented as that of the service itself, ie. Copyright xxxx by Software
Tool and Die, Inc. For the request of information at the user level, the
copyright would be held by the individual, ie. Copyright xxx by Barry Shein.
By adding 'value' to the information provided via finger (a .plan file
for the user, or marketing info for the service) the copyright blankets
the entire document retrieved.
</rr> Rob Raisch
