Re: Copyrighting

On 7/29/97, Terry Carroll <carroll[_at_]tjc.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Robert Cumbow <cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com> wrote:
> >
> > (to my surprise) the Copyright Office does not regard web sites
> > as "published works."
>
> That's consistent with the definition of "publication." The gist of
> publication is distribution of copies, and specifically excludes mere
> public display or public performanc.

Oh dear, does that mean the Copyright Office rejects MAI v. Peak?

>| "Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids.
>| In fact, it's cold as hell."  - Bernie Taupin, 1972
>| "Air temperatures ... show an afternoon high near +9
>| degrees Fahrenheit." - Mars Pathfinder Mission, 1997

Okay, so no Californians need apply. To us New Englanders, and probably to not a few midwesterners, that sort of thing is properly bracing.

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