[Upd-discuss] [dsaklad@zurich.ai.mit.edu: Overreaching University of Massachusetts copyright policy]

[Richard Stallman]

This policy looks like an example of a chilling effect of copyright law.

http://www.cs.umb.edu/help.html
Click on Lab Policy
Click on use of copyrighted material

http://www.cs.umb.edu/helproot/policy/copyrights.html

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...In any case, the use of the Math and Computer
Science Departmental Network subjects you to
stricter policies than might be accorded you
publishing in a public forum such as a commercial
ISP or a book you might publish. Whether or not a
court would declare it fair use, you are may not
post on our servers, email to anyone, or post to
newsgroups the entirety, nor even significant
portions, of copyrighted materials without the
permission of copyright owner. We will not enter
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