Charging the net...

[CNEWS MUST DIE!]

gdtltr at brahms.udel.edu (root at research.bdi.com (Systems Research Supervisor)) writes:
>    But if a copyright holder posts the copyrighted work, he implicitly
> authorizes copies to be made on every site receiving the particular
> group, given the automated nature of news feeds. Further copying may
> be restricted by the terms of the copyright, but it can't dictate the
> fair use of the implicitly authorized copies.

Right. But what is "fair use" for a news article?  Reading it, yes; but
decoding it to obtain a program?


mathew