anonymity and copyright in the U.S. (was: Need to Identify Contributions and the Dissident Test)
On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 06:36:40PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: Copyright notices can use aliases, right? I don't know anything about how enforcable that renders that person's copyright claim, but I don't think it renders the license invalid. At least in the US, the copyright would still be enforceable if they actually wrote the software, since a copyright notice is no longer required. (Well, ignoring the effect upon statutory damages.) However, an improper copyright + licensing notice could make the license itself invalid (or at least questionable) since it wouldn't be a clear statement from the copyright holder that they licensed a work appropriately. Any Stephen King fans here? Anyone have access to any copies of his Richard Bachman novels from before it was disclosed that Richard Bachman was a nom de plume of Stephen King? As should be well-known, Stephen King is a money machine. I find it hard to believe he'd have published under a pen name if to do so would have meant exposing himself to claims of fraudulent copyright. For a more recent example, see the novel _Primary Colors_[1]. [1] http://www.bearcave.com/bookrev/primary_colors.htm -- G. Branden Robinson| Psychology is really biology. Debian GNU/Linux | Biology is really chemistry. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Chemistry is really physics. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | Physics is really math. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: anonymity and copyright in the U.S. (was: Need to Identify Contributions and the Dissident Test)
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Branden Robinson wrote: As should be well-known, Stephen King is a money machine. I find it hard to believe he'd have published under a pen name if to do so would have meant exposing himself to claims of fraudulent copyright. Definetly. Just to clarify, in case it was still unclear, my primary concern isn't with the rights of the copyright holder being preserved (they are preserved regardless) but with the ability of people to make derived works from such a work, and whether or not anonymous copyright holders with (questionable?) licensing agreements curtails the distribution of derivative works. Don Armstrong -- This message brought to you by weapons of mass destruction related program activities, and the letter G. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: anonymity and copyright in the U.S. (was: Need to Identify Contributions and the Dissident Test)
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:54:34 -0500 Branden Robinson wrote: Any Stephen King fans here? Here I am! Anyone have access to any copies of his Richard Bachman novels from before it was disclosed that Richard Bachman was a nom de plume of Stephen King? No, but I read _The regulators_ that was published after Richard Bachman's death by pseudonym cancer... ;-) Anyway I know that five novels were published by King under that pseudonym before Bachman's real identity was disclosed... -- Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. .. Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 pgpmStbzaVsFs.pgp Description: PGP signature
