merlyn@sequent.UUCP (03/23/84)
<- This is where the chomper line should go Alright guys, you asked for it... REPEAT IT (sung to "Beat it") You always go and post anything to the net No copyright can stop you, I even bet You'd post any source code, that you now could get So repeat it Just repeat it... You're typing in the words that belong to the stars You're playing with their rights This ain't how "Weird Al" starts There's attorneys in line Just to state the charge But repeat it (and you'll be hearing from them)... Repeat it (repeat it) Repeat it (repeat it) Doesn't matter if they (C)-ed it Show your big brother Show Uncle Tim It doesn't matter If it's copied again... Repeat it (repeat it) Repeat it (repeat it) If you get caught, just beat it! Take it from records Take it from books It doesn't matter if they call you crooks just read it, type it, post it [pant pant!!] [guitar interlude] Repeat it (repeat it) Repeat it (repeat it) If it says (C), delete it! Send it all over Distribute, away Even take lyrics From young Michael J. ... Repeat it (repeat it) Repeat it (repeat it) If they catch you, just eat it! Don't pay no 'tention to copyright laws they were all written for your ol' gran-pa's Just read it, type it, post it... Repeat it (repeat it) Repeat it (repeat it) Don't think you've been defeated When someone starts yelling "you've broken the law" Point out the net isn't publishing at all and feed it, feed it, feed it... [repeat ad naseum...] Randal L. Schwartz, esq. (does anyone remember "Let's get Visicalc (TM)"?) Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. UUCP: ...!tektronix!ogcvax!sequent!merlyn (official legendary sorcerer of the 1984 Summer Olympics) BELL: (503)626-5700 Original Material (C) 1984 by Randal L. Schwartz [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]
dmt@hocsl.UUCP (03/24/84)
Three cheers for Randal Schwartz, whose contribution was right on and totally in the spirit of the debate. Randal, may I have your permission to show your lyrics to my pre-teen kids, who are fans of Michael J. and Wierd Al. They'll love it. Please send reply to my lawyer at . . . :-)
merlyn@sequent.UUCP (03/28/84)
<- Eat it, line gobbler (where's the beef?)
~~...!nbires!opus!rcd in opus.275 sez:
....How
does Mr. Schwartz simultaneously place his satirical "Repeat it" in the
public domain and reserve ALL rights to it???...The net is clearly
distribution into the public domain since there is no provision
in its operation for restricting distribution based on the
presence of a copyright notice within the news item....
{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd
~~ end quote
First off, I wanna know why opus!rcd always sez that his return address
is "nbires!rcd". Is this a deliberate attempt to hide? (:<})
Second (actually first)... "Publishing" my "song" on the net DOES NOT
place it into the PUBLIC DOMAIN any more than publishing the C spec in
K&R's White C book. If you'll look after the front cover, you'll see
that it says "Copyright (C) 1978 by [BTL]." and later says "All rights
reserved.". What "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" means is that ANY copying is
done WITHOUT my PERMISSION, but my permission is needed to do it
LEGALLY. I alone, reserve that right fully. This also mean that IF
you copy MY song, THEN I have the RIGHT to have you NOT DO THAT. Of
course, anything you could do to my song, you could do to the White C
book. And it would be just as illegal either way. Truely, I am not a
traffic cop. I will not come looking on every system to see that you
haven't done that. Actually, I implicitly gave permission for
distribution throughout the net by the news programs by posting it on
the net. BUT, ANY OTHER COPYING THAT I WANT TO STOP, I HAVE THE RIGHT
TO STOP IT! The song is not automatically in public domain. In fact,
the Copyright Notice I gave at the end of the song, DEFINES it as NOT
being PUBLIC DOMAIN, by mere declaration.
By the way, if anyone chooses to republish the song in hardcopy form
for redistribution, I will grant republishing rights, provided I AM
NOTIFIED AND AGREE TO IT FIRST. (Royalties will not be collected, and
I usually ask for a personal copy.)
Not afraid to name that tune,
Randal L. Schwartz, esq. (merlyn@sequent.UUCP)
(Official legendary sorcerer of the 1984 Summer Olympics)
Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
UUCP: ...!XXX!sequent!merlyn where XXX is one of:
allegra!{decwrl,ogcvax,pur-ee,vax135} ariel!vax135 cdi
cornell!{ogcvax,vax135} decvax!decwrl decwrl dual!unisoft eagle!pur-ee
floyd!vax135 fortune!nsc harpo!pur-ee heurikon!unisoft
ihnp4!{pur-ee,shell} intelca!pur-ee inteloa!ogcvax lab135!vax135
masscomp!pur-ee nsc ogcvax philabs!vax135 pur-ee purdue!{decwrl,pur-ee}
rocks34 rocksvax!rocks34 shell tektronix!ogcvax
ucbvax!{decwrl,nsc,unisoft} ukc!vax135 unisoft ut-sally!shell
utah-gr!vax135 vax135 verdix
ANALOG: (503)626-5700
Original Material (C) 1984 by Randal L. Schwartz [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]
(Does anyone want to see "Let's get Visicalc(TM)?")els@pur-phy.UUCP (Eric Strobel) (03/31/84)
Does this mean that all I have to do to protect something that
I distribute is put the copyright thingie and appropriate words
on a line at the end???? If so, if someone does this and I
"steal" something and make a fortune, how is the "victim" going to
prove the material is his (especially with the anomalous dating on
the net!)?? After all, I could remove the old copyright line and
substitute mine. If copyrights work this way, then they are pretty
worthless. In that case,
Hoist the Jolly Roger, me buccos,
it's time to get down to some
serious pirating....
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