There is an oops, Chuck, otherwise yes. -John
=============== > Bill, > > You are reading John's statement incorrectly. He is saying that all of > these guys that are scanning ---- un- ---- copyrighted (or public domain) material are not > eligible > for a copyright just for doing the scanning.... That would be like the > saying the > company that makes the printer (let's say Xerox) is eligible for a > copyright on > material printed on their printers.... but rather their only right to > copyright > is for IP material that they add to the original document, not the > original document. > > Groups like McGraw-Hill may not own the IP that is in their books, but > they do > own the presentation, with its arrangement of pictures, typefaces, and > arrangement > or text on the pages, etc.. > > I can conceive of a case where a publisher like McGraw-Hill's copyrighted > book > full of public domain IP could be copied if you used your own type font, > and > formatting of pages, pictures and text, etc... > > -Chuck Harris > > William H. Fite wrote: >> I just ran into one of our attorneys in the hallway. Copyright refers >> to >> the intellectual property, not to the medium. The fact that the >> intellectual property of the author is moved from a book to a CD does >> not >> affect copyright, so long as the content is not otherwise altered. >> Think >> about it; if your friend's contention were true, we could all dodge >> copyright restrictions simply by photocopying (scanning) the material we >> wished to appropriate. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:02 AM, J. Forster<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> That is apparently the case for the HC books. >>> >>> I'm not so sure about the CDs. A friend who is an IP attorney has told >>> me >>> that if you scan something, you cannot copyright the scan. You can >>> copyright any new content you add. >>> >>> FWIW, >>> >>> -John > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
