25 Nov
2004
25 Nov
'04
9:49 a.m.
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, John Foust wrote:
Arguably, someone can collect public domain info and
hold
a "collection copyright" on his assembly and arrangement of
public domain or abandoned docs. Could someone put his DVD
online or give it away and could he justifably complain?
Probably. He added value by assembling it.
So as Erik suggested, can we take his 5 volumes, "assemble" them into one
DVD, and sell that? :)
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