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  Re: US Patent System, now with 20% less stupidity  
From: Neeum Zawan
Date: 13 Jul 2009 00:51:13
Message: <4a5abd41$1@news.povray.org>
On 07/12/09 22:15, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:26:22 -0600, somebody wrote:
>
>> Why would it then be any more
>> disasterous if Marriage of Figaro were currently copyrighted as well?
>
> Actually, there are editions that are under copyright at the moment.
> Just go to your local music store and buy a score - you'll see that there
> is in fact a copyright notice.

	But is that a copyright of the printed form, or of the actual music 
represented by the score? Perhaps they're just saying that you can't 
simply photocopy and reproduce, but it's OK for you to rewrite it yourself.

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