Subject: Copyright and public domain
To: None <macbsd-general@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: Samuel S. Paik <paik@mlo.dec.com>
List: macbsd-general
Date: 09/01/1994 12:39:32
I don't understand how what Brian Kendig described is possible. If a work
is in the public domain, then if someone places a copyright on her own copy,
surely no one else's copy is suddenly restricted. Otherwise, only one
company could publish Shakespeare. So what gives? Did his friend have
a really lousy lawyer?
Sam
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