Re: The Making of a Calendar, 1995

[Leeland Artra <leeland@u.washington.edu>]

zwicky wrote:
> In general, other people's collections of 14 million random dates have
> a compilation copyright and they get annoyed if you use them
> entire. This makes it legally tricky to pull in collections of unknown
> or unclear origin (you don't know if whoever originally input them got
> them from somewhere copyright).

Can you copyright history!?  What a neat trick... I think I'll claim the
entire Celtic period. Perhaps a little of the Viking conquests too. And
while I'm at it I have compiled a rather lengthy list of the old Norse
sagas. They are therefore my property too. Every one else had better
remove there copies NOW.  Or my lawyers.....

Sounds silly huh?

Welcome to the 21st Century... When do we get to fix everything really?

C'ya
Leeland

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