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Can FAQs Be Copyrighted?

Posted by timothy on from the obvious-answers dept.

scubacuda writes: "Are FAQs copywritable? Judge Barbara B. Crabb, of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, in the case Mist-On Systems, Inc. v. Gilley's European Tan Spa, didn't think so."

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  1. Can anyone help me out ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Where can I get Xenix ? Just for fun.
    TIA

  2. 3rd! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    3rd p0st

  3. I smell loophole! by RyanFenton · · Score: 2, Offtopic


    Care to release information about the weaknesses of an insecure networking scheme a company refuses to address, details on how your favorite video game console functions, or the inner workings of a local cult? Make it into a FAQ!

    ;^)

    Ryan Fenton

    P.S. Yes, I realize this ain't the way it would really be accepted legally - but one can dream.

  4. Xenix FTP archive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Downolad Xenix here.

    Caveat: all of the files are pretty old so you're on your own as far as installation an any kind of newer hardware...

  5. Conan does SWEP2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Totally OT but just ran into this... we're on TV !

    http://www.northeastsprinkler.com/solf/misc/sw-tri umph.wmv