On 11/7/08, Richard Fairhurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P Kishor wrote: > > > Per USC 17, Section 101 > > > Per USC 17, Section 102 (b) > > > Yebbut: contract, trade secret, different jurisdictions.
I am not sure what you are referring to by the above comment... USC Title 17 deals with Copyrights. Trade Secrets are a different Title, the UTSA notwithstanding. And contract law is completely different. That said, your note about "different jurisdictions" is key. All this differs significantly from country to country. Every now and then we see emails about "derivative works" but the bottom-line is... no one really knows. And, since all of us (I am assuming) are not lawyers, we have a very rudimentary understanding of an unclear subject to begin with. Well, I decided to do something about this, so I enrolled in two law school courses this semester here at the UW Law School here in Madison -- courses on IP in general and on Patents in specific. The main appreciation I am getting from the courses is that this stuff is waaaaaaaaay more fuzzy and muddy and convoluted than we think. Most everything can be argued in 6 different painstakingly tortuous ways. Of course, since I am learning US law, my basic knowledge is only about the US code, although we do touch on some international aspects. > > > > In any case, all this would be settled only if someone gets sued > > > Absolutely. Right. That really would be the only way to find out, because that is really how law proceeds. Until then, all is speculation. There are a few map related examples that can be seen at the Copyright.gov website, but again, that is the US perspective. I guess, in that sense, all these discussions about IP make no sense on a global basis. Best would be to start with understanding one's own jurisdiction and then proceeding outwards. > > cheers > > Richard > > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > -- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) http://www.osgeo.org/ _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
