From: Nick Makris (nick@mcn.org)
Date: 03/10/01-01:34:30 PM Z
Pardon me, but I'm playing the devil's advocate today. In an earlier post
on this subject, someone suggested that if students were benefiting from the
copied class material, perhaps the originator wants/requires them to
purchase the material. I know this is nit picking, but aren't we all
students here on the web and on this list; aren't we all looking to learn
from one another and from our experiences.
So, how is my transfering this information different than someone who finds
it via one of the varied searches available on the net. And, isn't the
copyright notice required somewhere in all of this?
Kind of confusing, eh?
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Makris" <nick@mcn.org>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: Still on Copyright
> Ok, so how about this situation? I save/categorize posts that I feel are
> important/meaningful and I place them in corresponding folder in my email
> program. Every once in a while someone posts a newbie request and I
forward
> the relative collection to that person - no charge of course. This has
> occurred several times that I can think of.
>
> I can't see much difference between that scenario and the Joe's scenario,
> except that the method of conveyance is by snail mail and not email.
>
> Nick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Portale" <jportale@gci-net.com>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 9:25 AM
> Subject: Re: Still on Copyright
>
>
> > This has been an interesting thread. To address your question Nick,
> another
> > mail list owner wanted to place all the list emails on a CD and sell
them
> to
> > the members for the cost of reproduction. No real profit. His legal
> > beagles informed him that he needed to get the written permission of
every
> > person that posted to that mailing list. I will surmise that if the
email
> > is sent to a central and common repository, and your intent was to allow
> > people to read the email, no problem. But once another takes control of
> > that email, that is where things get sticky.
> >
> > Editorial comment. For the most part, I believe that the idea of copy
> right
> > protection is a good one. It does protect us from having our work taken
> by
> > others. The unfortunate question is in today's market, who is being
> > protected? Are we really concerned with the rights of the other
person's
> > intellectual property or have we fallen victim to scam by lawyers trying
> to
> > turn a fast buck? When is enough, enough? These are extreme examples,
> yet
> > they are real. A Japanese firm copy righted the view from a California
> Golf
> > Course and sued three photographers that took pictures of that vista and
> > published them in various commercial magazines. (I'm taking mountains
and
> > ocean view folks, not someone's house. Check me if I'm wrong, but
doesn't
> > the world belong to everyone?)
> > A major publishing company found a distant relative of Herman Melville.
> And
> > in his name, sued in federal court for the past and future profits from
> the
> > work Moby Dick. There was an active search for relatives of people
like,
> > George Fennimore Cooper, Henry David Thoreau, Stephan Crane and others.
> Are
> > these people really interested in defending the rights of these greats?
I
> > doubt it.
> > So the question for debate is: You create an email, send it to a public
> > list, such as this, should that email be treated as intellectual
property
> > and copy rightable? These are not private letters, they have been sent
> into
> > the world to be read by all. Comments?
> >
> >
> > Joe Portale
> > Tucson, AZ
> >
> > Fellin' a little preachy this morning.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nick Makris" <nick@mcn.org>
> > To: "Alt Photo" <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 9:37 AM
> > Subject: Still on Copyright
> >
> >
> > > While we're on the subject, what about email messages found on the
web?
> > You
> > > may or may not know that all the messages you send are not only
> archived,
> > > they are catagorized by several of the major search engines. Try
> > searching
> > > for your own name and see if the results don't include a message you
> sent
> > to
> > > the list some time back.
> > >
> > > In any case, what is the consideration for copyright of these
messages?
> > >
> > > Comments?
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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