Re: FW: Still on Copyright

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From: Callie Type (kallitype@hotmail.com)
Date: 03/11/01-10:33:27 AM Z


That you may apply a similar logic process and attention to facts in
addressing an alternative photography process concerns me.

1) Napster is not merely a "site". It is a large business.

2) Napster allowed access to literally millions of soundfiles. Coding them
in a way that would allow access to users while befuddling the Department of
Justice and the recording industry would be impossible.

3) Napster users number in the millions. A "conspiracy" this large is
unthinkable. Gnutella offers a better solution, with no coding, but this
opens a different can of worms. I only mentioned Napster in order to
illustrate the difficulty that copyright owners have in enforcing their
rights.

4) Registration of copyrights allows for a broader range of rewards should
litigation favor the copyright owner. Your assertion that it would give one
a "better chance of winning in court" is naive and illfounded.

>From: bmaxey1@juno.com
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: Re: FW: Still on Copyright
>Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 21:36:56 -0700
>
>What I meant is that you do not have to indicate a notice. As soon as you
>create it, you are afforded some protection. However, if you end up in
>court, having the work registered gives you a better chance of winning.
>
>As for Napster, shutting them down stops nothing - it only gets more
>people involved in creating similar sites. All you need to do is use code
>letters or some sequence of numbers to identify a song. That way, it
>becomes impossible to search for illegal music on servers. A simple code
>key could be published to explain the number system on this or that site.
>Napster might go away, but many more sites will take its place. No one
>wins
>
>On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 04:05:55 +0000 Collie Type <kallitype@hotmail.com>
>writes:
> > And I'm not certain I understand you, sir. Your statement that
> > "registration only helps you in court" only states the obvious:
> > court is the
> > ONLY place these matters come to roost. It is my understanding that
> >
> > registration affords the registree certain added advantages, such as
> > being
> > able to collect punitive damages. In any event, as I was trying
> > feebly to
> > express, (Katherine Thayer explains it much more succinctly) money
> > is cogent
> > issue. You make money and you're far more vulnerable. Napster, a
> > profit
> > seeker, is going down - Gnutella isn't!
> >
> >
> > >From: bmaxey1@juno.com
> > >Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> > >To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> > >Subject: Re: FW: Still on Copyright
> > >Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 20:25:08 -0700
> > >
> > > >>As the original e-mail likely was not
> > > >>"registered" as having been copywritren, damages claimed by the
> > >"injured
> > > >>party" would be limited to whatever the party has lost, which,
> > >presumably
> > > >>given the original free distribution, would be nil. If, on the
> > other
> > >hand,
> > > >>a person make a profit selling this CD, than that changes things
> > a bit.
> > >
> > >Not so sure I understand you. Were you aware that as soon as the
> > work is
> > >created, there is indeed some protection. Registering only helps
> > you in
> > >court. It is a complicated thing.
> > >
> > >Bob
> >
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