When I did research on copyright laws, (in reference to japanese animation and fansubs) I located some international agreements that would prohibit fansubs in the US even though copyright had not been applied for, as they had been copyrighted in their own country. Essentially fansubs are not legal in the US because of international agreements and laws. There are some companies now issuing cease and desist orders for such fansubs in the US. The agreement essentially stats that countries belonging to those particular agreements agree to uphold and prosecute copyright etc. agreements.
In respect to patents, I suspect there is a similar agreement (trade, patent, or otherwise). Essentially such an agreement would most likely fit any civilized country even the EU if such an agreement exists. Copyright, patent, intellectual property, trade agreements, etc, weren't meant to play nicely. In truth, researching the entire pano thing, there are patents within the US on computer generated panos, which would require any pano stitcher to get a patent release. I'd get a good definitive answer from a good lawyer. Dale On Mon, 2010-10-25 at 13:17 -0700, thePanz wrote: > On Oct 22, 9:13 pm, Henk Tijdink <h.tijd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello All > > Probably no patent issues because it is french webspace, because the > > EU has other rules then the USA. > > If someone can confirm that in UE the SIFT patent isn't applicable I > can put the binary on my webspace ( in Italy) > > Cheers > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to hugin-ptx@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hugin-ptx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx
