Re: TI-H: Copyrighting things...the mistakes we've made
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Re: TI-H: Copyrighting things...the mistakes we've made
this is a hardware list, shut up.
you must pay for a fucking copyright.
no more discusion on this till someone purchases a copyright
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>The electonics is included in Pictoral/ Graphical stuff because it has
a
>SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM, AND THAT CAN AND IS COPYRIGHTED.
>
>Brand names can at least be restricted (maybe copyright) which is why
>Apple computer had to pay Apple recording studios for the company name
>and McIntosh Labs for the name Macintosh!
>
>>
>>Hello! I've been reading the messages on the EuP that hass been
>'created/updated' by a few people recently, and I'm getting a little
>tired with getting 5-10 messages with everybody arguing over who has
>rights to what and whatever. I go this from the US Copyright Office
>website, and it is in accordance to the US copyright laws. I don't know
>about other countries, but here goes...(read the WHOLE THING!!! more
>info at bottom)
>>http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ01.html#wcc
>>
>>...
>>WHAT WORKS ARE PROTECTED
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Copyright protects "original works of authorship" that are fixed in a
>tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly
>perceptible, so long as it may be communicated with the aid of a
machine
>or device. Copyrightable works include the following categories:
>>
>>(1) literary works;
>>(2) musical works, including any accompanying words;
>>(3) dramatic works, including any accompanying music;
>>(4) pantomimes and choreographic works;
>>(5) pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works;
>>(6) motion pictures and other audiovisual works;
>>(7) sound recordings; and
>>(8) architectural works.
>>These categories should be viewed quite broadly: for example, computer
>programs and most "compilations" are registrable as "literary works;"
>maps and architectural plans are registrable as "pictorial, graphic,
and
>sculptural works."
>>
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>WHAT IS NOT PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Several categories of material are generally not eligible for Federal
>copyright protection. These include among others:
>>Works that have not been fixed in a tangible form of expression. For
>example: choreographic works that have not been notated or recorded, or
>improvisational speeches or performances that have not been written or
>recorded.
>>Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or
designs;
>mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, or coloring;
>mere listings of ingredients or contents.
>>Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles,
>discoveries, or devices, as distinguished from a description,
>explanation, or illustration.
>>Works consisting entirely of information that is common property and
>containing no original authorship. For example: standard calendars,
>height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers, and lists or tables
>taken from public documents or other common sources.
>>...
>>
>>Well, I know that that is a little long, but there isn't anyhing about
>electronic diagrams and schematics. That would need to be patented.
>Which REQUIRES YOU TO REGISTER!!! And that costs $$$.
>>Another thing, is that even if you make it, and release it (such as to
>ticalc.org) it becomes information that you can get from a common
>source(you can get it anywhere in the world). That, according to the
>last line, says that it is not protected.
>>
>>I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ANY COMMENTS ON THIS, UNLESS IT IS A
CONSTRUCTIVE
>COMMENT, NOT AN INSULT!!! I have only provided this as information to
>people on this list, just to clarify some issues. You may do what you
>wish with this info, but remember the above line.
>>
>>
>>Jeff Dezur
>>jeffd@wwnet.net or jeffd@gcsi.net
>>-Global Communication System Administrator
>>-GCSI Webmaster
>>-LegalPlace.Net Webmaster
>>-The Web Ink Senior Webmaster and Designer
>>
>>
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