Re: Press Release Copyright (was RE: Howard Stern In Denver)

["Douglas J. Broda" <dougbroda@mindspring.com>]

At 02:50 PM 4/29/99 -0400, Roger Kirk wrote:
>
>If it bears no notice to the contrary, can one reasonably  
>assume that a press release (by definition) is intended 
>to be copied in whole or in part for dissemination without 
>securing the permission of the author/copyright holder?

I gotta admit I don't know. (But hey, I do mostly family law...)

Mr. Ross' statement is generally correct, of course, but whether there's an
implied intention to allow re-dissemination of a press release is a VERY
interesting question. (I know you can *explicitly* allow redistribution of
a work.) I don't have time to look it up right now. Maybe next century. :)


Douglas J. Broda
Broda and Burnett
Attorneys at Law
80 Ferry Street, Troy, NY 12180 USA
(518) 272-0580
dougbroda@mindspring.com

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