Re: Re: Copyright in the Hollywood Sign

From: Terry Carroll <carroll[_at_]tjc.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:30:00 -0400


On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Agenbroad, James (Civ,ARL/CISD) wrote:

> I thought that there was some caselaw that public-display (or at least
> public offering for sale) counted as "publication" under the 1909 act.

I'm pretty sure that under the 1909 Act, mere display was not a publication, either, and that the 1976 definition was merely a codification of that doctrine. The heart of publication has for a long time been distribution. Received on Fri Jun 17 2005 - 01:30:00 GMT

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