Re: What am I doing wrong?

From: Tim Haynes (usenet-20041013_at_stirfried.vegetable.org.uk)
Date: 10/13/04


Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 12:59:23 +0100


unruh@string.physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh) writes:

[snip]
> ]It doesn't sound like an abuse to me at all. Do work resulting in some
> ]objective representation of IP, will have copyright. If you don't want to
> ]pay to use it, negotiate special rates or do the work yourself.
>
> No, the work must be creative work. It cannot be a mere compilation for
> example.

Total bullshit. This is uk.comp.os.linux, where we deal in UK law. A
compilation is a creative work in its own right based on the constituents
that have their own copyright concerns.

~Tim

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