Re: [ILUG] Copyright & redistribution of material on www.linux.ie

From: Dave Airlie (david.airlie at domain ul.ie)
Date: Mon 16 Aug 1999 - 14:33:45 IST


> (Apologies to those that already know this, I just read it). This is in
> direct breach of the copyright held by the Information Society
> Commision, and by RTE. He doesnt seem to have asked anyone for
> permission, and regurgitated the content of our site. This is not an
> example of prime journalism. We all copied in school, but its only the
> real entrepreneurs who get away with it for a living.
>
He did quote and reference it, and I know copyright doesn't apply below a
certain number of lines, at least for photocopying purposes :-), he did
say you said it, he could hardly change the quote, because then you
wouldn't have said it,..

Ah well after having my name in the Tribune, in a sentence with the word
Microsoft in it I'm going into hiding :-)...

Dave.
>

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