From: "Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > And what is wrong with this?
> >
> > Boz has a clear copyright statement on his site, that's what.
>
> Boz has copyright on camera specs? Or on use tables? Or on listing specs
in
> a particular order?
No, Boz does not have a copyright on camera specs, tables or on listing
specs in a particular order and you know this. You are being sarcastic in
the hops of showing someone up.
The artwork used to display the information is copyrighted per his copyright
statement. It's called technical art and I do a lot of this with my camera.
If you photograph a famous statue which itself is not copyrighted, you may
nevertheless copyright the photograph as your rendition of the statue. This
is in spite of the fact that you hold no copyright on the statue, your
camera, the film or your camera's viewpoint when the photo was taken.
A piece of music may be in the public domain and played on instruments whose
design and construction are in the public domain and recorded, but if you
make a copy of the recording by a particular musician and use it for your
own commercial purposes - even if you give credit to the musician, you can
be sued for copyright infringement and you will loose in court. This is
because what is protected is the musicians rendition of the public domain
work.
> > > If someone think other people shouldn't use what's on their *PUBLIC*
web
> > > pages, well, they shouldn't have made them public in the first place.
> >
> > By this line of reasoning, anyone can copy any author's or artist's
> published
> > work found anywhere; is that really what you're suggesting?
>
> Do you mind that I quote your email without explicit permission?
When a letter or e-mail is sent, permission for the addressee to *read* the
material is explicitly given. In the case of a letter, the addressee owns
the paper he was sent; the originator still owns the words. While use of
copyrighted material for commercial purposes requires explicit permission,
use of said material for editorial review is considered "fair use". This is
what I'm doing right now, that is, subjecting your post to editorial review.
This is NOT a good review.
Regards,
Bob....
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