Author: Pete Galati
Date: 16:33:24 04/10/00
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On April 10, 2000 at 18:51:43, Dann Corbit wrote: >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. I probably won't go through those links, I'd rather not read that much. Can't say as I'm a Todd Rungren fan. I like his work as a producer, he's turned out some great LPs for other people, but I never liked his band Utopia. Utopia as a society is never realistic, one man's utopia is another man's flaming hell. Utopia isn't utopia. Pete
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