[Thinkpad] copyright

Those who are still curious can start with the basics.

http://www.copyright.gov

One thing to keep in mind is that copyright law is all about the right of an
author of intellectual property to profit from its use. Anyone posting to a
publicly-available list -- and who wants to mount a credible legal threat to
a cross-poster -- would not only have to include notice to readers that the
author prohibits such use, but would also have to be ready to prove the
economic damages the author suffered from the re-posting that would not have
been suffered if it had not been re-posted.

Also, any part of a posting that consists of copied material,
commonly-available information or widely-used styles of expression are not
subject to copyright. It is only the product of the author's own creativity
that is intended to be protected from poachers.

Deanna

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Received on Tue Mar 21 18:35:58 2006