Caroline and Hedley Saunders on sun 11 apr 99
I took a look at Linda's site and found that the wheel plans are taken
directly from Andrew Holden's book, The Self-Reliant Potter. I know this is
an excellent book and is out of print but is it not an infringement of
copyright to publish pages like this?
Caroline
Devon, England
Where the sun is shining but it's still quite cold
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>
>Correction on wheel plans. I can't type!
>
>There is no "i" before wheel. Sorry for any inconvenience!
>--
>Linda P. Stauffer
>
>Stauffer Ceramics new site!
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>Quakertown Swim Teams
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Wesley C. Rolley on mon 12 apr 99
Any such re-publishing of original published material is a violation of
copyright law if it is done without obtaining permission. The issues of
copyright and the Internet are very complex (Is a link to other content
from my page a violation of copyright? how about the question of who
receives advertising dollars for showing the page to a viewer?), and differ
between Anglo/American law and "Continental Law" though the inclusion of
the UK within the EU should see the convergence toward a single standard.
One major difference is the fact that an employer in the UK would hold the
copyright for what I have written while on the continent, the author
personally retains the copyright.
For an excellent summary of Intellectual Property Law and the Internet,
please reference http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ch5_main.htm.
Wes Rolley
At 01:29 PM 4/11/99 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I took a look at Linda's site and found that the wheel plans are taken
>directly from Andrew Holden's book, The Self-Reliant Potter. I know this is
>an excellent book and is out of print but is it not an infringement of
>copyright to publish pages like this?
>
>Caroline
>Devon, England
>Where the sun is shining but it's still quite cold
>
>
>
>>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>
>>Correction on wheel plans. I can't type!
>>
>>There is no "i" before wheel. Sorry for any inconvenience!
>>--
>>Linda P. Stauffer
>>
>>Stauffer Ceramics new site!
>>
>>Quakertown Swim Teams
>>
>
>
Reflections Publishing, Inc.
http://www.refpub.com/
D. Kim Lindaberry on wed 14 apr 99
"Wesley C. Rolley" wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Any such re-publishing of original published material is a violation of
> copyright law if it is done without obtaining permission. The issues of
> copyright and the Internet are very complex (Is a link to other content
> from my page a violation of copyright?
I would have to agree that the re-publishing of someone else's published
materials is an infringement if done without permission. In essence re-publishin
this material could deprive the original author of monetary gain if he should
choose to put out a second edition. Even if the plans are in public domain, the
copying of the drawings themselves are an infringement. To really do this one
should take the time to do all of the drawings from scratch (if this material is
in public domain)
As far as someone making a link to some else's website. I don't see how that
could hardly be thought of as a copyright infringement. In fact, I should think
that most people welcome having their site linked to. It would be different if
someone copies the HTML and makes a new page to include on their own site. But
making a link, I don't think so. Nothing has been copied. If someone doesn't wan
materials on their site linked to, they shouldn't allow public access to their
site.
Kim
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Longview Community College
500 SW Longview Road
Art Department
Lee's Summit, MO 64108
USA
to visit my web site go to:
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Lee Jaffe on thu 15 apr 99
If you want a quick guide to some common misconceptions about
copyright, check out
10 Big Myths about copyright explained
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
-- Lee Jaffe
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New Horizons in Scholarly Communication http://libweb.ucsc.edu/scomm
Internet Subject Guide http://libweb.ucsc.edu/help/subject.html
Gary Elfring on sat 17 apr 99
The copyright web link provides some useful information,
but leaves out some of the basic copyright ideas embodied
in US law.
Since the US signed the Berne Copyright convention in
1989, everyone gets an automatic copyright on anything
they create (within reason: common objects, letter forms,
and a few other items are not copyrightable in the US).
The US has a two tier copyright system. You get an
automatic copyright when you create something. (That's
the first tier.) You can also, optionally, register your
copyright with the federal government. (You have to pay
a small fee to do this and fill out some forms. The fee
varies depending on the category of your creation, and I
only know the software end of things. Software is $25.)
Why does anyone register their copyright? Well, under the
US two tier copyright system, it turns out that just
having an unregistered copyright is effectively useless.
If someone steals your copyrighted design, the Federal
Government is *not* going to charge them with a crime.
(US Gov Attorneys want clear cut evidence of at least
$500,0000 worth of theft to pursue a criminal case.)
Your other option is to sue the party that stole your
copyighted material in Federal Court. Here's where that
registration comes in handy. When you register a
copyright, aside from getting automatic proof of the
date of your copyright, you also get additional rights in
court. Specifically you are entitled to sue for some
additional damages AND you are entitled to receive
attorneys fees if you win.
If you haven't registered your copyright, you first have
to prove that you created the object in question ahead
of the other guy. (The old mail yourself a registered
letter or whatever is *not* accepted in court.) Then if
you win the suit, you will find that your attorneys fees
are probably greater than the amount you win.
If you have registered your copyright, the other guy has
to prove he created his version first, you get additional
damages, AND he pays for your attorney!
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