>>Also, if you are well known, you are a public figure and dont have any control over what pictures are taken of you and dont have much control over what people say about you.
Hey, everyone knows Dr. Solomon Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blog.eweek.com/blogs/larry%5Fseltzer/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Dude VanWinkle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 4:48 PM To: Drsolly Cc: Larry Seltzer; [email protected] Subject: Re: [funsec] FW: Windows Live and Privacy Actually in the states, its the responsibility of the copyright holder to enforce their own interests. Also, if you are well known, you are a public figure and dont have any control over what pictures are taken of you and dont have much control over what people say about you. -JP On 12/4/06, Drsolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Larry Seltzer wrote: > > > I don't know if you've actually looked at the service, but the > > pictures are of the street, not focusing on anyone in it. > > Occasionally there is someone who you might be able to identify if > > you know who they are, but the pictures aren't sharp enough for the most part. > > > > >>I claim intellectual property in it, and they would have to > > >>negotiate > > a licence to use it or any deriative work based on it, such as a > > picture of me. > > > > This is an unreasonable claim. Nobody can take a picture of a public > > street you're in unless they have your permission? > > Sure they can. But it's their responsibilty to ensure that in doing > so, they don't infringe anyone's copyright. > > > Anf FWIW I suspect Microsoft has actually gotten permits of some > > kind with the local authorities for doing this. > > That might give them permission to photograph the things that the > local authority owns the copyright to. But the local authority, cannot > authorise a breach of my copyright. > > Hey - Microsoft is keen to enforce their own copyrights. I'm just > asking them to respect mine. > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
