Re: TI-H: Copyrighting things...the mistakes we've made


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Re: TI-H: Copyrighting things...the mistakes we've made



this is a hardware list, shut up.
you must pay for a fucking copyright.
no more discusion on this till someone purchases a copyright


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>The electonics is included in Pictoral/ Graphical stuff because it has 
a 
>SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM, AND THAT CAN AND IS COPYRIGHTED.
>
>Brand names can at least be restricted (maybe copyright) which is why 
>Apple computer had to pay Apple recording studios for the company name 
>and McIntosh Labs for the name Macintosh!
>
>>
>>Hello! I've been reading the messages on the EuP that hass been 
>'created/updated' by a few people recently, and I'm getting a little 
>tired with getting 5-10 messages with everybody arguing over who has 
>rights to what and whatever. I go this from the US Copyright Office 
>website, and it is in accordance to the US copyright laws. I don't know 
>about other countries, but here goes...(read the WHOLE THING!!! more 
>info at bottom)
>>http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ01.html#wcc
>>
>>...
>>WHAT WORKS ARE PROTECTED 
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Copyright protects "original works of authorship" that are fixed in a 
>tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly 
>perceptible, so long as it may be communicated with the aid of a 
machine 
>or device. Copyrightable works include the following categories: 
>>
>>(1) literary works; 
>>(2) musical works, including any accompanying words; 
>>(3) dramatic works, including any accompanying music; 
>>(4) pantomimes and choreographic works; 
>>(5) pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works; 
>>(6) motion pictures and other audiovisual works; 
>>(7) sound recordings; and 
>>(8) architectural works. 
>>These categories should be viewed quite broadly: for example, computer 
>programs and most "compilations" are registrable as "literary works;" 
>maps and architectural plans are registrable as "pictorial, graphic, 
and 
>sculptural works." 
>>
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>WHAT IS NOT PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT 
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Several categories of material are generally not eligible for Federal 
>copyright protection. These include among others: 
>>Works that have not been fixed in a tangible form of expression. For 
>example: choreographic works that have not been notated or recorded, or 
>improvisational speeches or performances that have not been written or 
>recorded. 
>>Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or 
designs; 
>mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, or coloring; 
>mere listings of ingredients or contents. 
>>Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, 
>discoveries, or devices, as distinguished from a description, 
>explanation, or illustration. 
>>Works consisting entirely of information that is common property and 
>containing no original authorship. For example: standard calendars, 
>height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers, and lists or tables 
>taken from public documents or other common sources. 
>>...
>>
>>Well, I know that that is a little long, but there isn't anyhing about 
>electronic diagrams and schematics. That would need to be patented. 
>Which REQUIRES YOU TO REGISTER!!! And that costs $$$.
>>Another thing, is that even if you make it, and release it (such as to 
>ticalc.org) it becomes information that you can get from a common 
>source(you can get it anywhere in the world). That, according to the 
>last line, says that it is not protected.
>>
>>I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ANY COMMENTS ON THIS, UNLESS IT IS A 
CONSTRUCTIVE 
>COMMENT, NOT AN INSULT!!! I have only provided this as information to 
>people on this list, just to clarify some issues. You may do what you 
>wish with this info, but remember the above line.
>>
>>
>>Jeff Dezur
>>jeffd@wwnet.net or jeffd@gcsi.net
>>-Global Communication System Administrator
>>-GCSI Webmaster
>>-LegalPlace.Net Webmaster
>>-The Web Ink Senior Webmaster and Designer
>>
>>
>>
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