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Re: Portfolios and writing samples...a little more
Subject:Re: Portfolios and writing samples...a little more From:Elizabeth Ross <beth -at- VCUBED -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:32:18 -0400
Anyone could download the pdf from the website, copyright on page 2
notwithstanding.
Elizabeth Ross
Technical Writer
V3 Semiconductor Corp.
beth -at- vcubed -dot- com http://www.vcubed.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Dick Margulis <ampersandvirgule -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net>
To: <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 6:26 AM
Subject: Re: Portfolios and writing samples...a little more
| Cam Whetstone wrote:
| >
|
| > The document was not published. It was provided as part of a purchase
| > of the equipment (software) it described. That makes it proprietary.
| ...
|
| > And
| > your work was 'work for hire' under that law.
| >
|
| There may be circumstances in which Cam is correct. There may also be
| circumstances in which Cam is not correct. Look on page ii of the
| manual. If it has a copyright notice on it, the work is published. If
| you bought a copy or otherwise legally own a copy, you ought to be able
| to show it as a sample. If the work is labeled confidential or
| proprietary or secret, however, you may not have that right. Check with
| your attorney.
