And what happens if I write a story where that happens, and decide that the government has infringed my copyright by enacting a fictitious happening in real life? Without receiving a license from the author to do that a la a movie adaption agreement?
You can't reason with some people, can you? Wesley Parish On Wednesday 09 April 2008 11:26, Douglas Royds wrote: > http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10502960 > > "The Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Bill ... introduces an > offence, carrying a sentence of a maximum fine of $150,000 or up to > five years imprisonment, or both, for commercial dealings in > devices, services or information designed to circumvent > technological protection measures > > Five years! Get some perspective, people. The word "commercial" has > interesting implications for open source, though. > > http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/griffins-tech-blog/2008/4/9/format45shifti >ng-legal-audio-anyway/?c_id=5 > > "As internetNZ points out: "We believe that if a consumer has > legally purchased a licence to the rights to a copyrighted work, > they should be able to store it any format they like, so long as it > remains for their personal use ... the Act enshrines a "notice and > takedown" system to deal with alleged copyright violations. This > means a copyright holder can contact an ISP and request they remove > from their servers, content they believe is breaching their copyright. > > They believe. If someone doesn't like what you've put up, or if there is > any dispute, your ISP must take it down. It's just gone. > > > > > > > > > > > ======================================================================= > This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended > addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be > the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or > lost by reason of this transmission. > If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our > apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no > other act on the email. > Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been > altered or corrupted during transmission. > ======================================================================= -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Gaul is quartered into three halves. Things which are impossible are equal to each other. Guerrilla warfare means up to their monkey tricks. Extracts from "Schoolboy Howlers" - the collective wisdom of the foolish. ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
