Similar arguments can be made for commercial Internet service providers.
A lot of these naive copyright notices I see on FAQ's (the "thou shall
not make money off of my work, dammit!" kind) make it arguably
a breach of copyright for any commercial provider to allow their FAQ
on their system. After all, the FAQ is transmitted as a part of Usenet
and they are selling your FAQ (along with the rest of Usent) to someone
else. Must commerical service providers now monitor all downloads to
make sure they aren't violating your copyright?
This is all kinda shaky ground, but it is along the same lines as value
added for a CD-ROM. Putting "this FAQ can't be used for commercial
purposes" or somesuch basically means the copyright is meaningless.
The fact that it is posted to Usenet means that it will be sold several
times as it flows about the net.
--Dave
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