On Wednesday 02 of March 2011, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >>> Furthermore, many copyright laws have "permitted use" > >>> (sorry, don't know the right english term for it) instead of fair use > >>> which explicitly says what can be done with a work after its first > >>> publishing. And this use cannot be limited by any contract, > >> Untrue when it comes to electronic works, as a result of WIPO Copyright > >> 1996. > > True. > > For example, polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection ruled > > in 2007 that stamping "any form of copying or distribution" on CD's is > > illegal because it misleads consumers into believing they don't have the > > rights I mentioned above and forced the producer to change said notice > > to the one corresponding to polish copyright law. > > > > http://decyzje.uokik.gov.pl/dec_prez.nsf/0/2DEDF4B2AF9B7717C12574F6002AD7 > > E4?OpenDocument (sorry, polish only). > > Still untrue. As I said, electronic works. A CD is treated > in just about every country as a phonograph recording, not an > electronic work.
What if I rip said CD to mp3? What if I send this mp3 to a friend via email? It's perfectly legal for me to do both those things. > We are in the midst of a time when people's right to use > copyrighted material is being curtailed and the general public > is just sucking it down like candy and hasn't a clue. Unfortunately I have to agree here. -- d'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'Yb `b k...@epsilon.eu.org d' d' http://epsilon.eu.org/ Yb `b,-,.,-,.,-,.,-,.,-,.,-,.d'
