TI-H: Re: Copyright Law (was Fwd: Colorado)
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TI-H: Re: Copyright Law (was Fwd: Colorado)
Yep.. thats right. (david's explanation) I work at a copy shop, and deal
with copyright law everyday. Anything that you create is yours, as long as
you can prove that you made it before the other person.(if you're in a
disagreement) Also, you can't copy anything if it has that little (c) or a
"tm" or an (r). The difference between them is that the r is actually
registered, and thats with the copyright office(meaning you paid them $$$).
Also, they keep a record of it, saying when it was made, exact details on
the product, and any other things that can distinguish it from another
product. Patents are done this way also. (they are essentially the same
thing too :)
Anything can have the (c) on it, and it doesn't need to be registered. The
tm(trade mark) is sorta like the red & blue ball on a pepsi can. It's a logo
that belongs to them(pepsi). The killer part of this law is that in some
places, like software development companies, they have you sign a form when
you first get hired in, that waives all your copyright rights, so that
anything you make on work time is actually the property of the company and
not you. You then can't take the software & code and resell it (to another
company, for example) without the companies permission.
-Jeff D
jeffd@wwnet.net
-----Original Message-----
From: David Knaack <dknaack@geocities.com>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Thursday, April 29, 1999 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: Re(2): TI-H: Re: Fwd: FW: Colorado
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>From: Cavan Carroll <cavanc@hotmail.com>
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>>nothing I say is really copyrighted because you must file for
>>something to be copyrighted
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>I don't think that is correct. Any text or image material that you
>produce is automatically copywritten (is that the right word?) in
>your name. The problem is that you must be able to prove that
>you created it. Often small comic book artists will seal their
>artwork in an envelope and mail it to themselves so that it is
>postmarked. Then if there is ever a legal issue with rights they
>can produce the sealed and dated envelope for a judge, proving
>that the artwork was their own.
>
>I'm no expert on copyright law though, and I have not read the
>laws for myself. This is what I heard from a published comic
>drawing friend.
>
>DK
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>Webster's Dictionary (7th edition) says that
> OBJECT is derived from the Latin neuter of "obicere", meaning to
>throw in the way, to hinder.
> ORIENT is derived from the Latin "oriri", to rise, thus [archaic]
>LUSTROUS, SPARKLING
> Thus, OBJECT-ORIENTED must mean "A glitzy thing that hinders and gets
>in the way".
> -- Andrew Appel
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