[ih] Re: Copyright Violation Claim

[Joe Touch]

"Ole J. Jacobsen" wrote:
> 
> Let me see if I get this straight:
> 
> For the first 6 months you want the widest possible distribution, to get
> comments and feedback. At this stage the document is certainly public if
> not "in the public domain".
> 
> Then after 6 months you want the document to be unpublished and
> un-retreiveable, and anyone serving copies is in violation of copyright.
> 
> I understand perfectly WHY you want this mechanism and don't disagree
> with its usefulness, but from a publishing perspective it's really weird.

Having the copyright transfer back to the author after the
publisher ceases publication is not uncommon.

Certaonly this use of that is unique; that was, in some ways,
the point. It was exactly "the lack of persistence" which was sought.

Joe