On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Roozbeh Pournader wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 09:53, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
> > I just want to note that simply putting an online dictionary
> > service on the web does not need any permission from the
> > copyright holder of the dictionary data.
>
> I can neither confirm or deny that. It *depends*. What if someone puts
> the whole "linux.words" file through your web service and extracts all
> the information? Will you not be a party to the copyright infringement?

What if someone borrows the dictionary from the library and then
makes a complete photocopy?  Is the library a party of the
copyright infringement?


behdad


> IANAL either, but my amateur legal advice is "I don't know". You should
> ask a lawyer if you are going to do that.
>
> roozbeh


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