Re: Public Domain

From: Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 07:52:28 -0800

On 3/12/98, Tyler Ochoa <tochoa[_at_]law.whittier.edu> wrote:
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> On March 11, 1998, Joseph Pietro Riolo <riolo[_at_]voicenet.com> wrote:
> >
> > No, this will defeat my goal which is to create a public domain index.
>
> So you can't have it both ways. Either you seek permission to make
> your index, or you make a public domain index without permission and run
> the risk of being sued.

How does one place something in the public domain? Is putting a notice on the work saying it can be freely copied enough? Is a waiver of all the other rights (distribution, etc.) implied by such a notice? Is such a waiver irrevocable? Does it matter what the language of the notice is? Does the author retain any rights with such a waiver? It seems to me there is an important public policy served by placing something in the public domain, and, yet, it's not clear to me whether it's easily done.

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Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
UCLA School of Law '98
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1206/

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