17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Stefan Fielding-Isaacs says:
I believe this is completely fallacious. Simply because I don't include a copyright statement _does not_ mean that my material is not copyrighted (look it up).
It does change the nature of the damages you can claim and the nature of the process by which you prove copyright, as does registration of the material.
Secondly, the issue at hand is not so much redistribution (I think that can be resolved by attribution) but rather that the redistribution was done for profit. I think that is where you can be hanged (metaphorically speaking).
Redistribution of netnews is already done for profit, or haven't you heard of uunet? Perry