Re: Date 2000 a problem for Apple II?

[pfg@yallara.cs.rmit.EDU.AU (Paul Francis Gilbert)]

ljsilicon@aol.com (LJSILICON) writes:

>> Correct. Though the larger parties will start 12/31 1999 (or a few
>>days earlier-- 12/31/1999 is a friday), the next milennium does not
>>begin until 1/1/2001. Just because the general public is uninformed
>>and wrong doesn't mean you have to listen to them.
>>
>>Nathan Mates
>>
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>><*> Nathan Mates http://www.visi.com/~nathan/      <*>
>># This posting is copyright Nathan Mates, and may not be reprinted
>># in full, partial, or quoted form on any archive site associated with
>># Charles Turley. 
>>
>>
>>
>>

>Ntahn will remain home that night at his keyboard filling our copyright
> applications for all of the posts that he makes on CSA2. After all, no one
> should use his words! Nathan will probably be at home; ALONE!

[thread tangent alert!]

After I was just posting my last posting I took a good look at Nathan's
sig, and was interested to read his declared copyright. And it got me to
wondering about copyrights in general. As I mentioned in another article,
the matter of copyrights in regards to news posting is very shady, and I'd
some people's opinions on the matter.

Are these so-called copyrights in sigs really valid (ie. are they so-called
or are they legitimite). For example, I remember seeing some sigs saying that
the associated articles were copyrighted and could be distributed on MSDN
without MSDN paying the author $500. Is that legally valid?

My own opinion is that trying to apply copyright ownership to a news posting
is about as ridiculous as you can get. Posting something is somewhat 
analagous to chatting with someone, and then trying to claim copyright
on your discussion.

I did hear that exact problem mentioned in conjunction with the US at one
stage. As I recall, they were trying to make Internet postings become
copyrightable automatically rather than 'public domain'. Does anyone know
what came of this?

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Bach App Sci, Bach Eng | The opinions expressed are my own, all my own, and
Year 4, RMIT Melbourne | as such will contain no references to small furry
Australia	       | creatures from Alpha Centauri.