Re: more thoughts on CD-ROM republication

Mike Meyer (mwm@contessa.phone.net)
Mon, 16 Jan 95 13:51:23 PST

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> From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis)
> I assure you I take my "non commercial use" copyright _very_ seriously.
[...]
> Me also. But I refuse to relinquish ownership of the FAQs or software
> that I write. I refuse to be browbeaten into thinking this "evil".
> And I have no intention of letting CDROMS today, and the next generation
> of copyright violations tomorrow erode the general rights of copyright
> in this medium, nor my rights to control my property.

I'm curious - what does your "non commercial use" copyright look like?
How does it deal with those people selling your FAQ et. al. as part of
a USENet feed aren't in violation of the copyright? After all, it was
THEIR copyright violations yesterday that set the stage for the CDROM
problems you're seeing today.

<mike

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