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Subject: Re: Fwd: Serious breach of copyright -- First post
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Dennis Olvany <dennisolvany@gmail.com> writes:
> The concept of a fact obviously may not be copyrighted because it is=20
> merely a concept. Barring descriptive literary devices, the facts may be=
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> copied at will in their expressed form. A photo, being a descriptive=20
> device, is copyrightable. Considering the example of the Haynes manual,=20
> I can extract factual information --such as a starter change procedure--=
=20
> from the manual word-for-word and use it.

No, you can't.  Don't take my word for it; ask a lawyer.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no