Hawkwind petition - Warrior on the edge of Time

[Eric Siegerman]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 08:04:43PM -0000, Colm McWilliams wrote:
> From: "Eric Siegerman" <erics at TELEPRES.COM>
> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 07:33:40AM -0500, mr_bt at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK wrote:
> > > If doug smith has the masters than surely he owns them
> >
> > That's a rather unwarranted assumption :-/
> >
>
> i don't think its an assumption for at least the charisma material anyway.

I meant, it's unwarranted to assume that physical possession of
the tapes implies ownership of what's on them.  If it's Dave's
copyright, but Doug has the tapes, neither of them can release
the thing without the other's cooperation.  (Well, Doug *could*,
but not legally.)

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