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On Tue, 6 May 2003 08:10:43 -0500 , "Gillespie, Stephen
(Contractor)" wrote:
>
> I'm not a lawyer, either, Kim (coulda been one, but
not
> quite sorry enough
> ;-)
> But to the point I was trying to make (and this for
> your fellow Canuck, Mark
> Barker as well), there's a big diff between my written
> expression of the
> research on 'how many trees' and a hockey game score
> from reading the
> newspaper box scores. The former information, I OWN -
> the inherent
> creativity you have referred to is that I did the
> research, I *created* the
> information (vs. getting it second-hand).
>
You created nothing except the manner of expression.
Haven't you ever noticed what a huge deal it is when
scientific discoveries are published? It's the green
light for anyone and everyone to use the information
within the paper.
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