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echo: ic
to: Dale Shipp
from: mark lewis
date: 2004-06-01 17:39:20
subject: Re: International Coodin

ML>> call it what you want... FTS-0001 is copyrights and the
 ML>> original author will not allow us to modify or create
 ML>> another document by the same name...

 DS>   Perhaps a decent copyright lawyer is needed, but I was under the
 DS>   opinion that you could copyright a document, but that you could not
 DS>   copyright a name.  There is a subtle distinction.  If you write a new
 DS>   document and call it FTS-0001, you have not used any of the copyright
 DS>   material that was in the old FTS-0001 -- you have only used the label.
 DS>   If I recall correctly, labels (e.g. McDonald) can only be trademarked,
 DS>   not copyrighted.

the name is the title of the document... in other words, it is the
document... at least, that's my understanding...

anyone want to take up a collection so we can afford someone to look into
this and fight it if needed?

)\/(ark

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