Re: (Fwd) Copyright

[dlevy@xxxxxxxxxx]

There is a difference between a quote, properly denominated and copyright
theft.  I agree that from a practical perspective that what you are doing
probably will not incur legal consequences, unfortunately, the courts don't
agree when this issue is presented to them. Intellectual property questions
are being debated now more than any period in probably the last 100 years.
It is ironic that most of the debate has centered around the violation of
photographers' property in this computer age. 

I don't know what the laws in Holland are, however, that is another issue
since the violation did not occur there.

I think that all should think of this action philosophically.  Look in the
mirror and ask when you should be able to assert a claim against someone who
without you permission uses your property. 

Happy reading. Oh, by the way; my personal opinion for what it is worth: a
book sitting on a shelf is knowledge lost. A book unread is lost communication.

An example of this is a book written in the 30s by a photographer whose last
name was Chapman. He describes tones by referencing a stairway with ten
steps each with a different tone. His book must not have been read, for
about 10 years later Mr. Adams 'invented' the Zone System. Obviously his
book got more circulation and was more read. 


At 11:28  16/10/96 +0100, you wrote:
>On 16 Oct 96 at 20:43, dlevy@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> At 07:57  16/10/96 +0100, you wrote:
>> 
>> Theft is theft regardless of how you disguise it or justify it!! If there is
>> data provided by companies which you have listed, they may still have active
>> copyrights on that information. They would have given a 1 time publication
>> to the author most likely and unless the information is obsolete have
>> probably republished or renewed the rights. You people are really treading
>> on dangerous grounds!
>
>I suppose you even want me to track down William Henry Fox Talbot, to 
>see if I can use that line from "The Pencil of Nature," 1844?
>I don't.
>I use common sense, and the world would be a far nicer place if more 
>people would do that.
>I am not depriving others of this info because of these endless what-if 
>situations. 
>And I am not loosing sleep over this....living in Holland isn't 
>completely unrelated to that I guess.
>
>--
>Bye,
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Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto, Ont.
dlevy@xxxxxxxxxx


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