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Re: now@freenet.toronto.on.ca

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From: Richard Sexton
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:00
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In article <E40In8.F9A.0.queen@torfree.net>,
Jim Butterfield <fjb@torfree.net> wrote:
>I wonder if it ever occurs to Quirk (dmytrik@lglobal.com) how pompous 
>he sounds?


Why, are you worried he may for a moment sound more pompous
than you? Don't worry.


>Explicit copyrights are rare on the internet.

This is incorrect.

>They are usually posted by 
>inflated egos who believe that every word that drops from their mouth (or 
>keyboard) is priceless and should be jealously guarded.

This is incoprrect.

>In this posting I have quoted from Quirk's copyrighted message.  If 
>the copyright is valid, he needs to sue me in order to protect his 
>rights.  Otherwise, the copyright will lose its force, in the same way as 
>happened to Max Ehrman with his piece, "desiderata".

This is incorrect.

>Copyright law is not inanity.  It's quite a serious business.  

Right. You just don't know how it works.


-- 
Richard Sexton
richard@alter.nic            When good enough isn't good enough
richard@vrx.net
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From: richard@interlog.com (Richard Sexton)
Subject: Re: now@freenet.toronto.on.ca
Date: 1997/01/15
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