Re: A Little Linguistic Playground

From: Jessica Litman <litman[_at_]mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:35:29 -0500

On 3/22/99, Rod Dixon <rod[_at_]cyberspaces.org> wrote:
>
> Yes. It's called a license. Also, remember that if the copyright owner
> cares not, then neither does the law of copyright. Infringement may
> occur automatically, but it's not self-executing.

Actually, in one signficant respect, it is. Section 103(a) withholds copyright protection from any portion of a derivative work or compilation that uses copyright-protected material unlawfully.

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Jessica Litman
Professor of Law, Wayne State University litman[_at_]mindspring.com Received on Tue Mar 23 1999 - 19:42:50 GMT