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| DATE | 2003-09-12 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] [nylug-talk] The RIAA is finally making our case [ruben@mrbrklyn.com]
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> >The default of copyright for all materials without registering the
> >material at the copyright office.
>
> I disagree with you on this one Ruben, unless the barrier to
> registration is made extremely low. Otherwise it places too much of a
> burden on individual creators, who don't have full time legal departments
> to handle all of the paperwork.
>
> >
The courts won't look at anything unless it's registered in the first place,
but the barrier is pretty low. I think it's a single form and a $200 fee
or so. Until the 1970's it was pretty much like this.
The default change to 'everything' is copyrighted was made in the 1970's
and it's rather dangerous. It means every email, letter, and word from
our mouths is regulated by copyright law.
Ruben
> >The lack of clarity that copyright should only apply to copying and
> >distributing for commercial purposes.
> >
> >The lack of provisions for placing things into the public domain upon
> >abandenment of copyrighted materials by corperations, such as old video
> >games and software.
> >
> >And many of the penalties for infringment.
> >
> >
> >Ruben
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http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting
http://www.inns.net <-- Happy Clients
http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net
http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn....
1-718-382-0585
____________________________
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because it's either fair use or useless....
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