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[Ted Samsel]

Soo, oozenet is "tangible"?

> 
>  On 24 Apr 97 at 15:52, KENNETH HOUGHTON wrote:
>  
>  >      Keep in mind that copyright, contrary to the claim of another person 
>  >      on this list, is =not= about authorship--it's about =ownership= (i.e., 
>  >      the right to copy).
>  >      
>  >      Ask all the musicians who lost the right to their work because they 
>  >      signed it away.
> 
> "Copyright protection subsists in original works of authorship fixed 
> in any tangible medium of expression"--1976 Copyright Act
> 
> Authorship is ownership until the author transfers that ownership, 
> such as your musicians. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael Glosup

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