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Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Fri, 17 Dec 1999 22:36:01 GMT
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On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:02:28 GMT, "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com>
wrote:

If a book is copyrighted, but the copyright doesn't expressly appear on each
page and in each picture in the book, it's still infringement to re-publish
information from those pages.  How does this differ from the posting of links
or re-publication of images taken from a site, even if those images don't have
embedded copyright warnings?

It is the same as posting the images.

It has NOTHING AT ALL to do with posting links.

I recognize that posting links, rather than actual images, is different, but
I don't think the overarching answer is "if I can get at it, it's fair game."

Yes, it is. Anything on an unsecured webserver is being published.

That's what a webserver is FOR.

Jasper



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  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
(...) Not to put to fine a point on it...hogwash. That's the same logic as "Anything in a store is for sale, that's what a store is FOR." James (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
(...) I don't agree. (I see the point, but I don't think it's that simple.) What is security -- fundamentally? A file served from under the URL (URL) the /images/ directory is HTTP-password-protected with the username and password combo of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
(...) Perhaps there's already a well-established law to address the following analogy, but I'm still wondering: If a book is copyrighted, but the copyright doesn't expressly appear on each page and in each picture in the book, it's still (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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