John Galt said: > On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Sam TH wrote: > >This statement of freely available, however, also conflicts with the > >examples given for "freely availableness", such as usenet. Nothing > >about a usenet posting implies free redistibutability. In fact, > >Usenet postings are all copyrighted, and unless specific other license > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Case law? Cite? >
Since, according to Copyright Law, all writings are copyrighted unless explicitly stated otherwise, yes, Usenet postings are copyrighted. jeff
