MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anything in the public domain can, merely by redistributing with > > some trivial amount of creative work, gain a new copyright holder. > > To be clear: that new copyright holder only holds copyright over their > creative work, not the original, right?
Yes, that's right. The redistributed work gains a new copyright held by the new author, *and* the original work is still available for anyone from the public domain. -- \ "I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left | `\ earlier they wouldn't have to go so fast." -- Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
