Re: Copyright status of early Internet RFCs

From: Joseph Pietro Riolo <josephpietrojeungriolo[_at_]gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:55:01 -0400


On 4/6/06, John Levine <johnl[_at_]iecc.com> wrote: 

>

> My understanding is that if something was published in the U.S.
> before 1976 without a notice, it's P.D. Is there any reason to
> think he can't just go ahead and republish?

Not just before 1976 but also before March 1, 1989. However, don't expect Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to be honest and generous.

Moreover, almost all RFC's have very, very, very thin copyright because of Merger Doctrine and/or Section 102(b).

Joseph Pietro Riolo
<josephpietrojeungriolo[_at_]gmail.com>
<riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>

Number of days left until 1-1-2019 when all knowledge of 1923 in the land of the U.S.A. will be freed from their copyright owners' prisons: 4,651

Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this post in the public domain. Received on Sat Apr 08 2006 - 07:55:01 GMT

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