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Date:      Sun, 21 May 2000 10:02:49 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already?
Message-ID:  <4.3.1.2.20000521100105.046818a0@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <392779A9.87E47388@mail.ptd.net>
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At 11:52 PM 5/20/2000, Thomas M. Sommers wrote:

>With respect to plays and conerts, another consideration is that the
>work being performed may be copyrighted.

More importantly, the performers have rights in the performance. If
you publish a tape of the performance, you'd better pay the actors,
musicians, etc.

>I think it's a statutory, not constitutional, question.  One could argue
>that a batting average could be copyrighted because it takes some work
>to calculate, beyond merely observing a game.

Not so. The Supreme Court has ruled that the work must be CREATIVE in
nature.

--Brett Glass



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