Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:51:43 04/10/00
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On April 10, 2000 at 18:13:23, Pete Galati wrote: [snip] >So is CCC itself completly absolved of any wrong doing as far as copywrite >violations by it's members goes? I think that if they failed to act on a known violation, they could have negligence. But I am not a lawyer, and I suspect that they would not knowingly allow violations of the law. >What you say about the general copywrite laws being too complex to present in >any complete form makes sense, but I rough condensed "for dummies" version might >be helpfull, not something written for only lawyers to understand. Is that >posible, or would it be too vague and full of holes. Something less than 25 >pages? Maybe such a publication allready exists. A "for dummies" version won't work. I have looked into laws about quoting email (for instance). It is a very difficult subject which is not 'cut and dried' as far as all decisions being obvious. Here are some copyright law resources: http://www.aimnet.com/~carroll/copyright/faq-home.html http://www.fplc.edu/tfield/copynet.htm http://www.oppenheimer.com/intprop/copyright/faq/faq.shtml http://www.intelproplaw.com/ http://www.nursehealer.com/Law.htm Once you have digested all of this (and related links) and know how to rule on the use of intellectual property (including email) in an international setting, let me know. Here is how I see it: ICD gives us free use of resources. We promise to behave ourselves in return for the use of these resources. If we act like whinging twits, then we are at fault. The moderators are volunteers and not experts in international law. They should do their best to see that the forum remains decent and legal. We won't achieve utopia, as long as people are involved, because people are imperfect.
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