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Subject:RE: Client misunderstanding of public domain From:"Jones, John B." <jj7018 -at- att -dot- com> To:"technical writing plus" <doc-x -at- earthlink -dot- net>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:38:58 -0400
Jim wrote:
All of those manuals and instruction sheets and other stuff that is put
on
the Web is owned by the companies and people who worked to assemble it -
these people and institutions own the copyright of all that creative
work.
It is not in the public domain just because it is publicly available.
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What about cross-pollination of graphics and text within a company? If I
find a graphic or some text used in one AT&T document, can I use it in
another AT&T document without permission?
John B Jones
Technical Writer
Reachview Technologies
AT&T Service Assurance
Atlanta, GA
john -dot- jones2 -at- bellsouth -dot- com
jj7018 -at- att -dot- com
jjones -at- reachview -dot- com
770-927-9131
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