Re: Copyrighting

From: Dan L. Burk <BURKDANL[_at_]shu.edu>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 10:21:53 -0400

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 performance.

Copyright Office practice is inconsistent with the proposition that mounting material on the web is a distribution of copies? Oh dear. Commissioner Lehman is going to *soooo* disappointed.

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Dan L. Burk
Seton Hall Univeristy
burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu

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Received on Wed Jul 30 1997 - 14:20:44 GMT