Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-20 Thread rob
Quoting bob catchpole [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Automatic possession of copyright *is* in line with the rest of the world. Yes, but ONLY in the States it doesn't mean anything unless the work is registered. What kind of right is that? It means that you can stop other people copying your work.

Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-20 Thread bob catchpole
- Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Sent: Tuesday, 20 May, 2008 2:00:45 PM Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill Quoting bob catchpole [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Automatic possession of copyright *is* in line with the rest

Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-18 Thread bob catchpole
the fact. Bob - Original Message From: Rob Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Sent: Saturday, 17 May, 2008 9:06:03 PM Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill bob catchpole wrote: My real point, which

Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-18 Thread Rob Myers
bob catchpole wrote: Rob Myers wrote: Registration only affects damages where copyright is infringed. So if someone uses your work without permission and you haven't registered you're not entitled to damages. ONLY in the States. It is possible to register afterwards and claim damages

Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-18 Thread Michael Szpakowski
*Why defend the indefensible?* I think a lot of us here lean towards the view that it's copyright tout court that's indefensible. michael --- On Sun, 5/18/08, bob catchpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: bob catchpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-18 Thread bob catchpole
: Sunday, 18 May, 2008 6:45:34 PM Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill *Why defend the indefensible?* I think a lot of us here lean towards the view that it's copyright tout court that's indefensible. michael --- On Sun, 5/18/08, bob catchpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: bob

Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-18 Thread Michael Szpakowski
the pond I don't know what pond divides Norfolk from Cambridgeshire Essex. Bit more thinking investigating before talking perhaps Bob :) m. --- On Sun, 5/18/08, bob catchpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: bob catchpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-18 Thread bob catchpole
] To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Sent: Sunday, 18 May, 2008 11:11:54 PM Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill Try reading what I wrote. I defended nothing - I questioned the whole concept of copyright. someone who knows what a lot of us

Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-17 Thread bob catchpole
netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Sent: Saturday, 17 May, 2008 2:59:46 PM Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill bob catchpole wrote: The Mickey Mouse Bill (aka Orphan Works Bill) is an open invitation to infringe on a scale undreamed of hithertoo... The Mickey Mouse act was the Sonny Bono

Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-17 Thread bob catchpole
netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Sent: Saturday, 17 May, 2008 2:59:46 PM Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill bob catchpole wrote: The Mickey Mouse Bill (aka Orphan Works Bill) is an open invitation to infringe on a scale undreamed of hithertoo... The Mickey Mouse act was the Sonny Bono

Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-17 Thread bob catchpole
netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Sent: Saturday, 17 May, 2008 2:59:46 PM Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill bob catchpole wrote: The Mickey Mouse Bill (aka Orphan Works Bill) is an open invitation to infringe on a scale undreamed of hithertoo... The Mickey Mouse act was the Sonny Bono

Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-17 Thread Rob Myers
bob catchpole wrote: My real point, which you don't address, is that copyright is a universal, automatic right. ONLY in the States it means nothing if you don't register. In the US, copyright means that you can stop people copying your work without permission. It is quite literally the

Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-16 Thread bob catchpole
netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Sent: Thursday, 15 May, 2008 11:52:56 PM Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill james jwm-art net quoth: The convention of putting a little c with a circle around it became redundant in the U.S. in 1976. In current copyright law, every drawing, painting

[NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-15 Thread james jwm-art net
--- Original Message --- Date: 5/5/2008 From: Robert Genn Twice Weekly Letter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mickey Mouse Bill Mickey Mouse Bill May 6, 2008 Dear James, The principle of post-monetization says that nothing is worth anything until somebody wants it. Those of us who make art for a

Re: [NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

2008-05-15 Thread Rob Myers
james jwm-art net quoth: The convention of putting a little c with a circle around it became redundant in the U.S. in 1976. In current copyright law, every drawing, painting, photograph, poem or play is simply owned by you the author. If somebody swipes it, or uses it without your