Re: Altering Programs

From: John R. Allison <allisonj[_at_]mail.utexas.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 08:40:39 -0600

On 2/13/99, Ari Kahan <akahan[_at_]netcom.com> wrote:
>
> If Mark's right, Mirage is not just poorly decided; it's
> insane. Unfortunately, I think Mark's right. (But if
> so, why'd we need all that extra legislation to prevent
> defacement of "one of a kind" artistic works? Wouldn't
> that have already been prohibited as creating a derivative
> work?)

I agree that Mirage was both poorly decided and evidencing a deeply flawed understanding of copyright.

John Allison

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allisonj[_at_]mail.utexas.edu Received on Mon Feb 15 1999 - 14:35:58 GMT