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# Everything You Ever Wanted To Xerox About Copyrights

I want to explain a little I have found out about copyright law, because it is really getting to be an important subject for everybody in the computer world, not just for artists and playwrights and novelists. Now it is necessary for programmers to know what part of their work, if any, is protected from use or reproduction without their consent.