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[Karsten M. Self]

on Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 12:18:31AM -0700, Jon O . (jono at microshaft.org) wrote:
> 
> Yes, your telephone is now a circumvention device:

Cute, but as pointed out at Slashdot:  independent creation of a work is
noninfringing under copyright.

Too, the phone company can probably claim authorship of your number.  

Tree:  short works, phrases, numbers, and functional expression are not
protected by copyright.

But it's a good gag.

> http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/2001/10/04/FFX0PGT0CSC.html

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