Thanks, Richard, Kay & Mark (not in any particular order other than my late-night, brain-addled one)!
I forget now what I was going to say... uhhhh.... Oh, yeah, the icons. Yeah, they're old, 1-bit, whatever... But they're still WAYYY COOOL in some cases! Newer ain't always better... I can't tell you how many times I've reached out for the beautiful simplicity of the stack icon, or the speaker icon, the arrows... etc. Sheer simplistic beauty. I LOVED that screen with all of the miniature graphics. I still keep around an old OS9 egg-shaped original iMac just for that purpose! (well, okay, that and running the FLYINGCOLORS kidpix-on-steroids app that's only OS9). Apple didn't hire an artist who specialized in miniaturization for nothing! 24-bit new crap is still crap... Judy On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In spite of any statements from Apple Europe, the last official public > statement from any authorized representative from Apple's heaquarters in > Cupertino was: > > "There have been some rumors about us canceling HyperCard, > which are totally bu||sh*t." > - Steve Jobs, October 1998, CAUSE Conference > > You can enjoy an audio clip of that here: <http://www.ihug.org/> > AFAIK, no public statement to the contrary has ever been issued from Apple's > main office. > > But no matter how much fun we may have with Jobs' quote, the current status > of a product's availability has no bearing at all on its copyright > protection. > > Before I continue, California state law requires me to include this > disclaimer: "I am not an attorney. If you need an attorney you should > consult the services of a qualified professional in your area." > > With that out of the way, here's the dope: > > Works created on or after January 1, 1978 > > The following rules apply to published and unpublished works: > > * For one author, the work is copyright-protected for the life > of the author plus 70 years. > > * For joint authors, the work is protected for the life of the > surviving author plus 70 years. > > * For works made for hire, the work is protected for 95 years > from the first publication or 120 years from the date of its > creation, whichever is less. > > <http://www.nolo.com/article.cfm/pg/2/objectId/D0C278CD-7D19-4EAD-B5E2124009D20220/catId/2EB060FE-5A4B-4D81-883B0E540CC4CB1E/310/276/136/CHK/> > > To the best of my knowledge, under both US law and the Berne Convention > (which now has 163 signing nations) copyright is granted to the creator of a > work regardless whether the work is ever even published at all, and remains > in effect similarly without regard for continued publication or any public > availability of any kind. > > You can create an image, sell it for one day, and then discontinue sales > forever after and your copyright on any copies of that image you sold that > day will still remain in effect for as long as you live plus 70 years. > > In brief, the creator of a work defines how the work is used. If you don't > like the terms granted by the creator your only legal options are to wait a > very long time, or simply to create your own original work and define its > terms however you like. > > With HyperCard this would seem a minor issue, since in addition to being > owned by someone else its icons are low-res, 1-bit, and in general rather > dated. In the 12 years since HyperCard was last updated the rest of the > world has continued to move forward, and today you can find thousands of > free full-color icons all over the web: > > <http://images.google.com/images?q=free+icons> > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Managing Editor, revJournal > _______________________________________________________ > Rev tips, tutorials and more: http://www.revJournal.com > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
