>On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Wallace J.McLean wrote:
>
>> >Images downloaded from newsgroups almost certainly are subject to =
>> >copyright, and if you don't obtain the proper permissions you could very =
>> >well be liable. The vast majority of pictures posted to the Usenet are =
>> >posted without the permission of the copyright owner.
>>
>> Source?
>
>17 usc 102(a).
What does this section of the US Copyright Act say about the statistics on ng postings?
I think it's pretty much mute on the subject.
I don't doubt for a minute that photographs enjoy a term of copyright protection in the US and elsewhere.
(Incidentally, the US Copyright Act is not the world's copyright act, not yet.) Received on Tue Nov 18 2003 - 02:25:59 GMT
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