Re: WIPO Copyright Treaty Article 11 & Grammar

From: Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 08:17:09 -0700

On 4/24/98, Karl Means <kmeans[_at_]srgpe.com> wrote:
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> I'd read "either not... or not..." as the equivalent of "neither...
> nor..." in this context. Somebody please help,

If the "or" means that only one of the conditions must be satisfied, then the "either not ... or not" construction means that an author has power over unauthorized acts even if they are otherwise legal. That is not the equivalent of "neither ... nor."

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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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