View Single Post
  #6  
Old July 20th 07, 08:59 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 336
Default Funny name Copy Right ??? because it really means ...

Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
I a, looking at this discussions about Copy Right and it realy should
have been called No Copy Right ,,,,or Copy Is Unright or copying is
wrong ,,,,, just a pondering .....


No, it's an idiosyncracy of the English language that the word "right"
means (a) direction, (b) the state of being correct or not, and (c)
something that one believes he/she is entitled to. In this case, the
"right" is definition C.

--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.
Ads