tom (12/11/82)
>From sytek!zehntel!teklabs!tektronix!tekid!rogerw Of course AP and UPI articles are copyrighted; else anyone could copy them without paying for the service, and they would soon go broke. From the notice of our local paper (the Oregonian): "Member of the Associated Press-- The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to use for republication all the local news printed in this newspaper, as well as all AP dispatches." Publication, as defined by copyright law, includes things like the network. "Fair use" laws usually permit making a single personal copy, but I suspect distribution violates the letter of the law (and probably the spirit of the law?) I remember a case where a quick-copy printshop was sued along with the individual responsible, for a copyright violation. Need I also point out Disney v. Sony? ---Roger Wells [tektronix!tekid!rogerw] >From phr Fri Dec 10 15:43:32 1982 remote from allegra Subject: are wire services copyrighted? Yes. The particular agreement you sign when you subscribe to the service determines whether or not you're allowed to redistribute the material (and how much you pay for it). Newspapers, for instance, redistribute. paul rubin