[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Scott writes: > >> >> (A) >> You say: "each person has a duty not to hinder him [the author making a >> copy of his own work]". >> I am aware of no basis in US copyright law for such a duty. I am aware >> of no basis in US copyright law for a positive right to make a copy. By >> writing something down, you become a copyright owner. That ownership >> right does not give you any special privilege or right to copy, >> distribute, etc. that work. If others have rights that are infringed by >> such acts, they are free to assert those rights to prevent you from >> undertaking those acts. They have no "duty not to hinder" you. >> > To be clear, though, the copyright holder has the right to copy under the > First Amendment, right?
I dunno, but he has the right to reproduce under Title 17 � 106 (1). What that means precisely is another story. He also has the completely seperate right to make (or authorise the making of) a derivative work, under Title 17 � 106 (2). (I said before that there is no copyright in a derivative work as a whole - that is not quite true, see � 103. But that copyright does not include any rights to any contributions to the work) -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
