Re: Supremes rule for freelancers

[Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com>]

John Locke wrote:
> 
> Well, I guess the main point of contention is, do you really own what you
> write? To play devil's advocate and carry the argument to an extreme, all
> the words we use are  in the dictionary--can Daniel Webster (& his heirs)
> claim copyright to the entire English Language? Obviously not.
> 

Generally, it is not the words that you own. It is the compilation of
those words that is the subject of the copyright.

-- 
Peter
Mailto:peternew -at- optonline -dot- net

Adapting old programs to fit new machines
usually means adapting new machines to
behave like old ones.

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