digital signatures/copyright
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- A question for Mike Godwin and other attorneys on the list: Could one make a case that the use of Digital signatures in messages imply's copyright retention by the author? Does digital signature=copyright or is it at least equivalent? Brian Williams Extropian Cypherpatriot "Cryptocosmology: Sufficently advanced comunication is indistinguishable from noise." --Steve Witham -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLU/2HdCcBnAsu2t1AQF15gP+IqS3o0gNeHng9BSqlk95KzmPwp3oo70p j2FVYHNOeUKgDSAAwvWr+p3/DOwTafSkJf4A5gW33NOKr0E9JZ4In349RAoueTku J94VMajT4i7yhOC8X41RPkVLlCltPDRo04SS8h5UFnEk/zFxiTkvXY9mpBcK3yUw vYY9pbmupSc= =KbXS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
A question for Mike Godwin and other attorneys on the list:
Could one make a case that the use of Digital signatures in messages imply's copyright retention by the author?
I suppose one could, but, really, there's no issue of "copyright retention" out there. Post something to the Net, and it's copyrighted, and you hold the copyright. Doesn't matter whether you've digsigged it or not.
Does digital signature=copyright or is it at least equivalent?
No. --Mike
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