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From: "Ross and Lorraine" <>
Subject: Fw: Copyright
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:13:28 -0700

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From: Carmen Finley <>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 10:25 PM
Subject: Copyright


> Picked this up from USGENWEB list and thought you might enjoy the
> simplicity of it.
>
> Carmen Finley
>
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> Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 11:32:48 -0700
> From: Joy Fisher <>
> Subject: [USGENWEB-ALL-L] Re: USGW-CC-L: Re: New Lockout - Rebuttal
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> <sigh>
>
> I own a book, I can sell it if I want. It falls under the "fair use"
> provision of the copyright law.
>
> I own a book, I make 100 copies of it and sell them, I am in violation of
> the copyright law.
>
> I own a book, scan it and upload the information to the Internet, I am in
> violation of the copyright law.
>
> I go to the library and find some useful information in a book that I is
no
> longer in print. I copy 5 pages for my personal use. This is "fair use"
and
> not a problem.
>
> I go to the library and find some useful information in a book that I is
no
> longer in print. I copy the whole book. Unless the book has lapsed into
the
> public domain, I am in violation of the copyright law.
>
> Simply selling off one's collection is not a violation of the copyright
> laws. There is a difference between owning a copy of a work and owning the
> copyright to that book. Please don't confues the two.
>
> PS -- I have removed all the lists from this reply, that I am not allowed
> to join. No sense in filling the listowners' mailboxes with bounced
> messages. Please do me the courtesy of forwarding this reply to those
lists.
>
>

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