Demon & DeCSS
Owen Blacker
ukcrypto at maillist.ox.ac.uk
Sat, 23 Sep 2000 16:24:38 +0100
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>There is in effect no concept in UK law of ownerless property.
>Property is
> >> >that which has an owner. Whena work comes out of copyright under
> >law, it ceases to be property.
>
> So if I say everyone may use and dispose of it as they choose,
> it does not cease..........?
IANAL, but I would've thought, then, that you're just granting an
unconditional licence in perpetuity...
O x
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Owen Blacker
Senior Internet Developer and InfoSec Consultant, pres.co
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