"Showing someone up" in the manner used here is a method of demeaning someone for, perhaps supposed intellectual inferiority or other failings. What is the purpose of being sarcastic? Did you think it was humorous? Did you think it would help sell your point as being obviously correct - as though sarcasm was an argument in itself?
Specifications of existing products cannot be copyrighted. An automobile company cannot copyright the fact that their car is green. Anyone can see this and report the truth anywhere for any reason. They cannot copyright the fact that their car has 2000 cubic centimeters displacement. Anyone can measure this and report the truth anywhere. In fact, they cannot even stop their competitors from reporting this fact as a flaw compared to the competitors' red car with 2500 cubic centimeters. Etc., etc. etc. The Asahi Optical Company cannot copyright truth, only the manner in which they present it. Boz does not need Asahi Optical Company permission to report the specifications (truth) about their product. We would not be having this discussion if it were not a direct copy from Boz's site of Boz's intellectual property (the industrial art of his presentation of facts about the MZ/ZX-50). See the following link to Boz's site: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/MZ-ZX/mzzx50.html I'm not attempting to be offensive here, but I am curious. Does your reaction result from a cultural difference of some sort? Which of my examples (which you omitted from your response) did you not understand or agree with? I don't, as a rule, hold private discussions with list members. It has become too abusive in the past. Regards, Bob.... -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion." -- Jed Babbit (Former US Under-secretary of Defense) From: "Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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. > > Yes, I was being sarcastic, but not in the hops of showing someone up, > whatever that means. > > > 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 > > He didn't copy the picture from the Boz's site (unless I missed something -- > in that case, sorry). > Btw, I don't remeber seeing "with permission from Pentax Inc. " on Boz's > site as well. I am pretty sure, he took the specs from somewhere on the web > as well (most likely, from Pentax site). I think it's much ado about > nothing. > >
