Re: Software application copyright opinion

On 17 Nov 2003 16:24:15 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Hollaar) wrote:

> And again, "access to the original AT THE TIME OF THE CREATION OF
> THE NEW WORK" isn't the criteria, unless you are just considering
> blatant literal copying.  Access to the work at any time taints
> somebody, and the copying doesn't have to be a conscious effort.

Isn't that the same as saying that a programmer should never
write a program similar in function to a program he wrote 
while working for another employer, or face a potential 
copyright infringement suit? That's really quite a limitation, 
given that most programmers specialise in a certain rather 
narrow area.

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