Sale of "free" stuff on eBay

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Thu Nov 25 14:49:07 2004

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, John Foust wrote:

> Arguably, someone can collect public domain info and hold
> a "collection copyright" on his assembly and arrangement of
> public domain or abandoned docs. Could someone put his DVD
> online or give it away and could he justifably complain?
> Probably. He added value by assembling it.

So as Erik suggested, can we take his 5 volumes, "assemble" them into one
DVD, and sell that? :)

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