RJack <u...@example.net> writes: > Hyman Rosen wrote: >> On 3/10/2010 3:03 PM, RJack wrote: >>> The Copyright Act's "pass-through permissions" provision eh? >> >> No, the license's pass-through permission. > > >> The Copyright Act gives rights holders the exclusive right to >> authorize others to copy and distribute covered works. > > Yep you're right. > > The Act just doesn't authorize *non-rights* holders to authorize others > to copy and distribute covered works.
But the rights holders may authorize others. > Yeah... except there's no right to authorize others to authorize. Huh? Every transferable right can be passed to others. That includes copyright, but not authorship. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
