RE: Copyright of data

>on 01/22/98at 02:37 PM,  our friend Don <dr2@access.digex.net> said:
>
>>I always insist that
>>a client require the source code delivery to be part of the software
>>contract.  If a vendor has a problem with delivering source code, then I
>>dont' need the vendor...there's alot of software houses out there...
>
>I've always felt W.C. Handy was right.  His first song was ripped off for
>$5 or some such number.  The publisher grinned to himself and refused to
>share the windfall of a Top-10 song, but never got another song from WC
>Handy.  Other publishers did and became wealthy.   The Copyright is a nice
>reminder but the value lies with the talent.
>
>----------------------------------------------------
>Booth Martin
>---------------------------------------------------


Wasn't that a movie?  Grande Finale in the courtroom, the thief said, "I
wrote it all myself."  The author said, "I got part of it from Negro
Spirituals [as the Negros flown in from the cotton fields burst into song],
part from the songs of the Immigrant Irish [as the troupe of Irish Cops
bursts into song]...."  You get the picture.  Nice finale, but hokey.   (:

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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