Internet Info CDROM (fwd)

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Craig A. Finseth (fin@unet.umn.edu)
Thu, 15 Dec 1994 08:33:32 -0600

...
> although I do prohibit the
> collection of money for such distribution, they might be able to make the
> case that they are only collecting 'fair distribution' costs, given how
> inexpensive the CD is.

"Fair distribution" has no legal meaning. You may be thinking of "fair
use," which does not include for-profit publishing of other people's
work.
...

Of course, what is the meaning of a restrictive copyright, given that
one is, as part of the publication process, saying that anyone can
obtain copies for free (for a Gopher/FTP/WWW site) or putting it into
a for-free worldwide distribution system?

We may wind up with a situation where that the publisher is clearly
violating a copyright, but the damages amount to $zero. In which case
everyone is happy (:-).

Craig

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