Re: TI-H: Copyrighting things...the mistakes we've made
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Re: TI-H: Copyrighting things...the mistakes we've made
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!
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>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
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>...
>WHAT WORKS ARE PROTECTED
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>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:
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>(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."
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>WHAT IS NOT PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT
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>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.
>...
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>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.
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>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.
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>Jeff Dezur
>jeffd@wwnet.net or jeffd@gcsi.net
>-Global Communication System Administrator
>-GCSI Webmaster
>-LegalPlace.Net Webmaster
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