copyrighting virus code

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From: Steven C Woronick
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1990 23:49

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M.J. Crepin-LeBlond <ZDEE699@ELM.CC.KCL.AC.UK> suggests that all you
have to do to make having virus code illegal (except for the
privileged few who obtain permission) is to copyright it.  I'm no
lawyer, but it was my impression that once something has been released
in some form (uncopyrighted) to the general public, it could then
never be copyrighted.  Even if you could copyright viral code, it's
not likely to discourage the kind of people who write viruses (aren't
those the ones you are really after?) from copying it.  Also, what
happens if some virus-loving person copyrights it before you do and
then grants universal privilege to copy?  Just wondering...

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