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To: John Robertson

Just copy the letter and send it out to millions. No need to buy anything. The letter is not protected by copyright. You published it into the public domain and made it fair game by posting it on FR. Anybody can state their personal opinions on the web unless they are defamatory, otherwise illegal or incite others to violence.


9 posted on 01/14/2006 11:51:05 AM PST by ex-Texan (Mathew 7:1 through 6)
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To: ex-Texan
Check the small print on the bottom of the listing. He has plans for anyone who does that!
12 posted on 01/14/2006 11:55:48 AM PST by TFFKAMM
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To: ex-Texan

"Just copy the letter and send it out to millions. No need to buy anything. The letter is not protected by copyright. You published it into the public domain and made it fair game by posting it on FR. Anybody can state their personal opinions on the web unless they are defamatory, otherwise illegal or incite others to violence."

Uh...did you READ it? It actually IS protected by copyright--it says so right on the listing.

I did not "publish" it into "the public domain" by posting it on FR--not even close. I actually OBEYED the copyright law by using only a small portion of the item--"Fair Use."

By your thinking, every copyrighted story or picture that a Freeper posts here...automaticaly loses its copyright because of the posting? You may use this, in your reply--and it is uncopyrighted, so please take it and send it out to millions:

"I just spouted off on something I really don't know very much about, and I was also completely wrong in what I said. I'm sorry, everybody."


14 posted on 01/14/2006 12:07:01 PM PST by John Robertson ( Safe Travel)
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