I believe, just because something has been broadcast does not make it in the public domain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain Definition The definition of public domain is not uniform and may not only include completed works, but also permitted uses of works still covered by intellectual property rights, such as for example the right to excerpt short quotations in a review. This definition divides areas of private property from areas of the public domain. For example, Mozart's plot is public property, and Britney Spears's music is private property.[1] [edit] ... Music is in the public domain if like with any other work in the public domain: * all rights have expired or * the authors have explicitly put a work into the public domain * there never were copyrights <<---* Unless this is your argument? [edit] Simon Vass Technical Manager E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 email: [email protected] skype: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: "brian muhumuza" <[email protected]> To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 1:31:21 PM GMT +03:00 Iraq Subject: Re: [LUG] Experiment on Content (Yesterday's radio) How exactly does re-broadcasting information already in the public domain become theft? On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Tim Schofield < [email protected] > wrote: Well Kyle you have a unique definition of theft that I have never come across before in my 50 years on this planet. If I hack into amazons servers and download the credit card details of all their customers, the law would say I have stolen that data. I dont have to remove them, I still have stolen them and I would be charged with the theft of that data. If you break into someones offices and take copies of their private information from their filing cabinets, that is theft. it is not archiving, cloning, or any other of the words that have been used here, it is theft. You are the only person on this list arguing that taking something that does not belong to you without the permission of the owner is not theft. The argument of the rest of this list is that it is acceptable practice as they are being robbed by other people as well. -- //MB _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
