At 8:58 PM 28/4/97, Edward Barrow wrote:
>Web pages are copyright works, provided that they are original. To view
>such web pages requires copies to be made (from the server into various
>caches, then onto the screen). Such copies are, in UK law at least,
>copies requiring the consent of the copyright holder.
Web pages written with server side includes (SSI) or emedded scripting
langauages such as htpl may be different EVERY time they are viewed.
Viewing source with the browser will also not get to the original script
which generated the html on the fly. For instance I have some pages which
use a footer -
<HR>
<FONT size=-2><P ALIGN=CENTER>
Last modified <!--#echo var="LAST_MODIFIED"-->,
<!--#include virtual="/link/includes/tony.sig"--></P>
<HR>
<P ALIGN=CENTER>
This server has had
<!--#echo var="TOTAL_HITS"--> hits since it was restarted and this page has had
<!--#echo var="PAGE_COUNT"-->.<BR>
The page is located at, <http://<!--#echo var="SERVER_NAME"--><!--#echo
var="DOCUMENT_URI"-->> was downloaded
at <!--#echo var="DATE_LOCAL"-->, by <!--#echo var="REMOTE_HOST"-->
using a reference from the page at <<!--#echo var="REFERRER"-->>
</FONT>
</P>
most of which gets created at the time of viewing. OK so this source is
copyright but what gets printed is how this source is rendered which is in
part the responsibility of the person viewing.
Tony
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