Re: information theory? (copyright question followup)

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In article <MPG.293813d8de181f2098a3b2@hamster.jcbsbsdomain.local>,
 "J. Clarke" <jclarkeusenet@cox.net> wrote:

> In article <j8r3l6$5ha$1@reader1.panix.com>, 
> john@please.see.sig.for.email.com says...
> > 
> > In sci.math Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > > [[snip]]
> > > You could do worse than look for the collected works of Ed Jaynes - it 
> > > used to be available online at one time but now it is published.
> > > 
> > > http://www.amazon.com/T-Jaynes-Probability-Statistics-Statistical/dp/07923
> > > 02133
> > 
> > Just curious -- if it was freely available online at one time,
> > and I assume legally at that time, how does later publishing
> > a paper copy retroactively affect online legality? I'd have
> > assumed any originally-legal online info remains legal regardless
> > of who else prints it on paper. Is that wrong?
> 
> Don't conflate "free" with "public domain".  They aren't the same.  A 
> copyright holder can make something available for free and later change 
> his mind and charge for it.

Which is why serious licensees will always require free non-exclusive
perpetual licenses from just such copyright owners.  Their heirs and 
assigns will eventually get things into the public domain.  At least
things then stand a higher chance of avoiding silly legal challenges
and patent disputes.

outer

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