That clears it up - and not that I fancy testing it, but discerning if a "page" is a work or the site is a "compilation" and thus a "work" - wouldn't that be up to the lawyers to decide (or rather the judge perhaps) or is there a hard, fast law about compilations as related to the web. I ask because if I create a site in violation on say GeoCites and all sites are found under www.geocities.com; couldn't that be misrepresented as a single site and therefore one person puts all others in jeopardy?
Please note this is academic to a great degree, so if those interested would like to take this private I wouldn't mind - I tend to find this discussion fascinating - it seems we almost have two sides. Those who love the hobby and those who seek to make money from the hobby (and before I get flamed; I consider all those whose products I've seen to be the former)
JR
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From: Ryan S. Dancey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 10:00 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Open_Gaming] A vaccine for OGL
From: "Brad Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> way back when (in Internet terms) Playboy went after everybody posting
their
> works - each file was designated a work
Each image that was used without permission was an >infringement<. Since
you can ask for statutory damages of up to $3,000 >per infringement< if
you've registered your copyright, that threat escalated the Playboy Cease &
Desist letters from something the web sites could ignore to something they
had to consider seriously.
Again, within the context of the copyright law, anything that can be
copyright will be considered a 'work'. Also, groups of works will be
considered one 'work' as well under the compilation concept. That's why you
won't be able to isolate one article in a magazine or one page on a web site
from the conditions of the OGL.
Ryan
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