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- From: phoffman@orac.holonet.net (Paul E. Hoffman)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal.computing
- Subject: Re: CD-ROM Copyright Questions
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- Date: 28 Dec 92 17:19:16 GMT
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- oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl) writes:
- >We have had numerous posts in this and other usenet groups where someone
- >says something of the following form:
-
- >"I have here X (where X is a copyrighted work) which I bought fair
- >and square. I would like to do Y (where Y is different from going
- >back to the store and buying another copy). Will it be a copyright
- >violation?"
-
- Carl, I believe that the question was more related to putting the work in
- a different order with a different index. Regardless of the license on
- the box, the poster may in fact have the right to republish the work
- locally (or even commercially) in a different structure, no?
-
- >Time to put on the flame suit, I suppose.
-
- It's always that time around here :-)
-
- >>Paul Hoffman
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