There are two different fundamental forms of copyright regime. One is
based upon the right to copy, and the other is based upon the moral
rights of authors. A number of European nations, for example, are moral
rights regimes, while the U.S. is based upon the right to copy.
However, even in the
On Monday 16 July 2012 16:30, Casey Rodarmor wrote:
> Ah, is it to avoid a situation where an author might be pressured into
> waiving that right?
That is one of the reasons, yes.
There is quite a few statues throuth our law that prohibit waiver's in certain
situations. :-)=
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Johnny A. Solbu
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Johnny Solbu wrote:
> The reasoning behind it is to give credit to the authors. To ensure that
> happens, the law make it as a statutory requirement. The author cannot waive
> this right.
Ah, is it to avoid a situation where an author might be pressured into
wa
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Johnny Solbu wrote:
> On Monday 16 July 2012 15:43, Casey Rodarmor wrote:
>> > (As an example, we are legaly required to give credit to King James as the
>> > author when we redistribute the old 1611 KJV Bible.)
>>
>> This kind of blew my mind. What are the benefi
On Monday 16 July 2012 15:43, Casey Rodarmor wrote:
> > (As an example, we are legaly required to give credit to King James as the
> > author when we redistribute the old 1611 KJV Bible.)
>
> This kind of blew my mind. What are the benefits--supposed or
> otherwise--of such a law?
The reasoning
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Johnny Solbu wrote:
> Unless you explicitly transfer the copyright to someone else, You are the
> copyrights holder. Don't confuse copyrights with licensing.
That's a very good point. I think I confuse licensing with
transferring copyright sometimes.
> (As an ex
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Rick Moen wrote:
> Perhaps you should use Apache License v. 2.0 with an accomanying
> statement that you as copyright owner waive all conditions cited in
> section 4. Something like:
>
> Copyright 2012 by Casey Rodarmor .
>
> Licensed under the Apache License,
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