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Re: archiving on inet
This is not an accurate comparison. A posting on usenet is not the same
item as a program on HBO or the radio. In what way does my internet provider
(netcom) have a "legal" distribution of usenet news, while a cd-rom
provider does not? HBO has paid for the use of the programs it broadcasts
that are produced by others, hence they have a contract between
themselves and the owners of the copyright. No providers of usenet news
have any agreements between themselves and the posters regarding
copyrights. Netcom and all the other internet providers receive postings
"free" and a cd-rom manufacturer has the same "right" to use postings as
any other internet provider.
Kirk Sheppard
[email protected]
P. O. Box 30911 "It is Better to Die on Your Feet Than to
Bethesda, MD 20824-0911 Live On Your Knees."
U.S.A.
- Emiliano Zapata
On Tue, 1 Feb 1994, Jason Zions wrote:
> > So answer the question again, what is the
> >difference in paying an internet provider for access to usenet, and
> >paying a cd-rom provider for access to usenet?
>
> It's the difference between listening to the radio yourself and buying a
> home-made tape of the radio program from someone else. The first is legal;
> the second is, generally, not.
>
> Better yet, it's the difference between watching a program on HBO when you
> are getting that service legally (i.e. paying for it) and buying a tape of
> the same program from a friend who has HBO. Whether or not you also have
> legal access to HBO, the sale of the tape infringes on the copyright of the
> program.
>
> Jason
>