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To: Cindy Powell who wrote (1568)	5/4/1999 11:29:00 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) of 3795

I think that Business Wire could be viewed as perhaps partially owning the content authored by you as well, in that Business Wire's trademark has been associated with the story. Wow. This opens a brand new field in trademark law. A groundbreaking legal doctrine. Let's see. Tom Clancy's press agent sends out to AP a news release quoting a few sentences of Tom's latest book. AP distributes it to its papers. VOILA, AP suddenly has part ownership of those parts of the Clancy book! The Washington Post prints the news release. VOILA. The Washington Post is a co-copyright owner of portions of Clancy's book. This is an exciting concept. Too bad no court anywhere has adopted it yet. But given your legal expertise and credibility, I'm sure it's just a matter of time now.

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