OK; then what do you do with examples of state and local govts., in
particular, attaching "copyright" notices to, e.g., their web sites and
"contents" of same?

Peter Marshall


On Mon, 13 May 1996, Mark Loundy wrote:

> Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 14:24:02 -0800
> From: Mark Loundy 
> To: online-news@marketplace.com
> Subject: Re: "Permission to Point?"
> 
> At 12:32 5/13/96, David C. Bill wrote (in part):
> > For example, I shoveled a _Special Report_ about the local police gang
> > strike force from our print edition to our online edition. But I did a
> > little bit of research and added a page with links to about a dozen other
> > sites with more information about gangs
> > (http://www.pantagraph.com/gang3.html). As long as the pages are in the
> > _public domain_ I see no reason to request permission.
> 
> David,
> 
> "Public Domain" is a phrase with a particular leagl meaning that applies to
> very little material on the Web and almost none on commercial sites.
> 
> There is a big difference between putting material on a Web site, where it
> may be legally viewed in its intended context, and putting material into
> the public domain.
> 
> The only way to determine, without asking the author, if material is in the
> public domain is if there is a notification to that effect next to the
> material.
> 
> Ward Bell wrote (in part):
> > Have there been any legal decisions on this subject?
> 
> Ward,
> 
> For the most part, the courts themselves see no need for any new precedents
> in copyright law that apply especially to cyberspace. They seem content to
> apply the law just as it is.
> 
> Libel is the area that is waiting for some new cyberlegal furrows to be
> plowed, not copyright.
> 
> Mark Loundy, Southern California
> Telecommunications Chair, NPPA             http://sunsite.unc.edu/nppa/
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