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From: taumeson |
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September 2nd, 2003 07:59 pm (UTC)
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well..."distribution" isn't exactly prohibited. 100% legal courses of action include:
1. printing at least one copy of this email. you already have it, so it doesn't matter what media it is in. fair use doctrine.
2. handing that email to as many people as you want. as long as you don't retain posession, you are not copying it, and so it is allowed. first sale doctrine.
so you can show your email to as many people as you like as long as you don't retain possession. same goes to any media you currently possess, in whatever format it's in.
There are also certain things that aren't copyrightable....I might be wrong, but I think warranties, for instance, aren't copyrightable...something to do with the fact that their very nature is to be disseminated....something like that. I don't think you're allowed to copyright Terms of Service either...as in, somebody is allowed to have the same exact boiler plate as you, with the names changed, because you aren't saying anything original anyway. Ooh, and laws and bills aren't copyrightable. There's been some recent snafu where courts and municipalities have contractors draft laws for them, because they don't have the time, and the contractors copyrighted them...well, apparently that was held up in court for a while, but I believe it's recently been struck down...I believe it's because of fourth amendment protections and due process..like, you have to be able to find out what law you're breaking in order for it to be a valid law.
So yeah...I digressed a little there. I don't know if terms of service can be copyrighted, and even if so, they can be disseminated in certain fashions.
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