Re: [OT] Silly (copyright?) claim by "Galen".

From: David Taylor (djtaylor_at_bigfoot.com)
Date: 11/21/05


Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:24:37 GMT


> For all I know he could be completely mistaken? But it seems that a
> copyright is assumed (some of the laws changed in 70's and then in the 90's)
> at the moment of creation and posting to usenet doesn't make the assumption

I don't think the issue is about copyright at all, just the pointless
and incorrect statement that says that if the post is being read in a
browser and the domain isn't MS then it's used without permission.

A browser interface to usenet is not doing anything wrong, that's what
you're failing to understand.



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