Re: A Little Linguistic Playground

On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, Lance Purple <lpurple[_at_]netcom.com> wrote:
>
> the original poster wanted to invent a catchy new phrase for use
> by the -copyright owner-, to indicate the deliberate release of their
> own work into the public domain. They can legally do that, yes?

Hey, Lance! hiya,

Sure. My only quibble is that release of the copyright owner of its copyright (which is specifically what the original poster proposed) isn't necessarily a release into the public domain, since rights of 3rd parties could subsist in the work (privacy, publicity, etc.).

• Charles

Charles Kramer
<tilyou1[_at_]aol.com> Received on Mon Mar 22 1999 - 16:30:48 GMT