Re: GPL 2(b) HUH?

[Alexander Terekhov]

Rahul Dhesi wrote:
> 
> Rjack <user@example.net> writes:
> 
> >The square brackets are a "signal" used in legal citations to *indicate*
> >that the original quote has in some manner been altered. In the case
> >at hand the square brackets surrounding "[T]he first. . ." is a signal
> >that the proceeding introductory phrase has been skipped.
> 
> What's the signal that the skipping of the phrase has changed the
> meaning of the text?

C'mon, Rahul. Are you saying that the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York (Foley Square) somehow had
jurisdiction to hear the copyright infringement case in spite of
plaintiffs' failure to register their purported United States
copyrights?

http://books.google.com/books?id=xKPj3joRBZ4C&pg=PT435&lpg=PT435&dq=copyrights+jurisdiction+registration&source=web&ots=-wyzPn2c7v&sig=7QOYsOyqITSLy-fbZcnVh30tydo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result

Please elaborate. TIA.

regards,
alexander.

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