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Re: Internet Draft Guidelines Require Precise Formatting?

2003-04-21 14:24:05
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<Pine(_dot_)HPX(_dot_)4(_dot_)44(_dot_)0304211353100(_dot_)16806-100000(_at_)wells(_dot_)cisco(_dot_)com>,
 "Ole J. 
Jacobsen" writes:
Isn't it LINE numbers you lawyers want?  :-)


In places; elsewhere, it's page number.  A typical case citation is 
something like 60 F.2d 737, which means "page 737 of volume 60 of the 
Federal Reporter, Second Series".  In other words, the page number in 
the physical volume *is* a canonical references.  This has led to some 
interesting copyright litigation; opinions, being government documents, 
aren't copyrightable, but what about the physical layout done by the 
authorized publisher, which is the only thing that can be cited?  (I 
don't recall how those cases were resolved.)

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
                http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)





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