[9492] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Inmac, junk mail, and the death of the net.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce Gingery)
Thu Jan 6 22:18:38 1994
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 20:15:09 -0700 (MST)
From: Bruce Gingery <lcbginge@antelope.wcc.edu>
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:
>
> >From: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@apollo.hp.com>
> >It occurs to me that an appropriate semi-technical solution to this
> >problem is to have finger or fingerd put a copyright notice in its
> >output barring redistribution or resale of the information.
>
> 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.
If so, I missed that one. Compilations have been copyrighted for
quite some time, at least in the USA, and the US has treaties with
just about any other country which has any laws governing copyrights
for mutual respect of copyrights.
The notices I've often seen are
(csymbol) Copyright year owner as a Compilation
or (csymbol) Copyright year owner as an unpublished compilation.
Bruce Gingery lcbginge@antelope.wcc.edu
