Re: [Foundation-l] Info/Law blog: Using Wikisource as an Alternative Open Access Repository for Legal Scholarship

2009-06-20 Thread Parker Higgins
Except google isn't asserting any kind of copyright control over these books, they're just not making it convenient to download them in your preferred format. Maybe not The Right Thing, but not as boneheaded as suing a party who reprints public domain material, as was the case in Feist v. Rural (t

Re: [Foundation-l] The reality of printing a poster

2009-02-04 Thread Parker Higgins
Even if the buyer loses the attribution information, I'd bet that, under the first sale doctrine, they can resell the poster. (Just not copy and redistribute.) Right? On Feb 4, 2009 8:24 AM, "Chad" wrote: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Andre Engels wrote: > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 a... Agreed. I

Re: [Foundation-l] transparency or translucency?

2009-01-10 Thread Parker Higgins
I guess we'll just > have to agree to disagree! > And perhaps this is the best solution! Best, Parker > > James > > > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Parker Higgins > wrote: > > I think there's two parallel conversations going on here, which i

Re: [Foundation-l] transparency or translucency?

2009-01-10 Thread Parker Higgins
I think there's two parallel conversations going on here, which is making it hard for anybody to come to an understanding. James, it seems like you're saying that Wikimedia (apparently) espouses absolute transparency and equality, and in fact only practices those virtues to the boundaries of commo