Charging the net...
CNEWS MUST DIE!
mathew at mantis.co.uk
Wed May 8 23:23:23 AEST 1991
gdtltr at brahms.udel.edu (root at research.bdi.com (Systems Research Supervisor)) writes:
> But if a copyright holder posts the copyrighted work, he implicitly
> authorizes copies to be made on every site receiving the particular
> group, given the automated nature of news feeds. Further copying may
> be restricted by the terms of the copyright, but it can't dictate the
> fair use of the implicitly authorized copies.
Right. But what is "fair use" for a news article? Reading it, yes; but
decoding it to obtain a program?
mathew
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