On Saturday 05 July 2008 19:59:25 Tom Poe wrote: > Tilghman Lesher wrote: > > On Saturday 05 July 2008 18:33:50 Alex Balashov wrote: > >> I am curious for your thoughts on US HR 5889: > >> > >> http://blamcast.net/articles/orphaned-works-open-source-copyright > >> > >> While I am sure that the implications of this bill, as it appears to be > >> constructed, have no significant implication on Asterisk as such, it > >> could potentially injure the community of open-source addons, modules, > >> and helper applications surrounding it and essential to its use in many > >> scenarios. > > > > After reading the bill in question, I have little doubt that the authors > > of that blog piece are, to put it mildly, full of it. HR 5889 makes > > clear mention of the diligence that is required, and, if notified of the > > infringement, the infringer must cease to make use of the work, unless he > > pays the copyright owner a price that the owner demands. Furthermore, > > the existence of an active email account on the copyrighted work in > > question would completely negate any claim of due diligence, by the plain > > language of the bill. > > > > Additionally, the blog piece completely misses the qualification of the > > commercial database: to qualify, they must contain all authors and all > > contact information, and if any contact information is readily available, > > and they do not put it in their database, they stand to lose > > certification as a copyright database. So much for having to pay to > > register your work. In short, this bill is very well balanced, and I > > certainly hope it becomes law. > > Then again, Lessig felt strong enough about the bill to publish an op-ed > in the NYT.
I am not familiar with that. Perhaps you would be kind enough to mention the URL? > By the way, are you familiar with the senator that authored > the bill? The bill in question is HR 5889. That is a House notation, and therefore, this bill was introduced by a Representative. There may be a similar bill before the Senate, but that is not this one. Perhaps you have the legislation confused with another bill? It is not uncommon for the provisions for a similar bill in purpose to be vastly different between the House and Senate versions. I can only speak to the bill I read. -- Tilghman _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
