Re: Author's Rights

On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, DAVID POST wrote:
>
> Actually, I was, just today, talking to a student who's writing a
> paper about sources of copyright protection in Judaic law, and he
> told me that there were *huge* battles in the 16th century about
> reprint rights to the Mishnah, and that the various rabbinical
> rulings that ultimately resolved these disputes formed the basis
> for some of the thinking behind the Statute of Anne -- can't
> vouch for the complete accuracy of this tale, but interesting
> nonetheless.

And, of course, there's also the shrinkwrap license in Revelation 22:18-19, which prohibits preparation of derivative works.

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