wcs@skep2.ATT.COM (Bill.Stewart.[ho95c]) (04/02/89)
In article <14001@gryphon.COM> richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: } This is a great point of contention right now. The copyright office } has stated they will not support ANY copyrighting of fonts. Out of curiosity, does anyone know if the Berne Convention (international copyright agreements whihc the US is joining with) covers copyrighting of fonts? -- # Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs 2G218 Holmdel NJ 201-949-0705 ho95c.att.com!wcs # Washington, DC. Raining. Long, cold, heavy rain. Been raining for days. # I was here last year in the spring. It was raining like this then, too. echo This article public domain unless posted to an att.* group.
andrews@cos.com (Andrew R. Scholnick) (04/04/89)
> In article <14001@gryphon.COM> richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: > This is a great point of contention right now. The copyright office > has stated they will not support ANY copyrighting of fonts. Does anyone Know where I can Find documentation for this position (of a legal nature)? Thanks. ARS. -- - Andrew R. Scholnick @ Corp. for Open Systems, McLean, VA -- andrews@cos.com - {uunet, sundc, decuac}!cos!andrews -- Everything I write blame on me, NOT -- my employer. - "Adventure is when you toss your life on the scales of -- chance and wait for the pointer to stop." - M. Leinster (First Contact)
richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) (04/06/89)
In article <16608@cos.com> andrews@cos.com (Andrew R. Scholnick) writes: >> In article <14001@gryphon.COM> richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: >> This is a great point of contention right now. The copyright office >> has stated they will not support ANY copyrighting of fonts. > >Does anyone Know where I can Find documentation for this position (of a >legal nature)? Sigh. The first time IO posted this information, sombody asked this and I dug up the original reference in MacWorld or some such magazine. That was then, this is now. I can't find it. But. I bet a good bet would be to call the copyright office. -- ``How do you like my new cordless phone ?'' ``What ?'' richard@gryphon.COM decwrl!gryphon!richard gryphon!richard@elroy.jpl.NASA.GOV