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Old 02-21-2008, 03:38 PM   #22
NatCh
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I am really curious if you can copyright binary code.
Sure you can! It's still just characters, even if they're all 1 and 0.

Copyrighting software is an extremely common practice, especially for commercial enterprises.

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But even iif it is copyrighted it can inly be uses by people having a Cybook so I do nor really see how it could be a problem. People are sending the files wo whoever asks withou checking that they own a Cybook.
Conceptually, I'd agree with you, but the operative bit (you should pardon the pun) here is whether or not any lawyer types would take exception to it. You or I or any other individual passing the code along is unlikely to draw their ire, or even their notice, but the forum may be a different matter. They do read us, and have even posted here occasionally.
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