Diane L. Schirf wrote:

> In article > ,
> "Alex Chaihorsky" > wrote:
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>>"Diane L. Schirf" > wrote in message
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>>>You asked if they're tangible. Once they become distributed and
>>>printable, they are. (Your thoughts aren't printable. Your words on
>>>screen, once printable by yourself or others, are. Quite a difference.)
>>>
>>>Again, you asked if they're "tangible." Simple question. I answered it.
>>>They're as tangible as any other writing.
>>>
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>>No, what you did - is you interpreted "tangible". You said that printABLE =
>>tangible. And I said only printED may be tangible.
>>And it will be up to courts to decide.
>>Also note, that you added a new argument to your first one - before it was
>>tangible because it was printable, now it becomes tangible "once they become
>>DISTRIBUTED and printable".
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> Printable by you.
> Distributed if you're talking about printed by others.
> Tangible as any other words on paper.
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> If a book is tangible, so are your words on screen.
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> I'm not interpreting a thing. Merely stating the obvious.
>
Saved to a computer drive counts as tangible.

You could have your lawyer check the case law, if you wanted to pay for
his time.

dmh