Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues

2011-08-17 Thread Robin McCain
Actually, this has all been fun, but we've managed to provoke others into telling us to take this elsewhere and we all got sidetracked. In the beginning of the thread I was simply commenting on the nit picking that can occur over the most trivial changes in copyritten material and how in the re

Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues

2011-08-17 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 08/17/11 10:33 AM, Robin McCain wrote: > As for litigation - I don't think anyone was going to actually attempt > to go into court on this matter. The Book of Mormon was extremely > controversial and received a lot of adverse publicity - it is one thing > to claim that you are going to file an a

Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues

2011-08-17 Thread Robin McCain
because they are trying to make some sheded point more concrete. > It's not concrete in the U.S., you have to show what specific sort of > actual injury occurred. > > > -Original Message----- > From: Robin McCain > To: Wjhonson > Cc: foundation-l > Sent: We

Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues

2011-08-17 Thread Ryan Kaldari
s not concrete in the U.S., you have to show what specific sort of actual > injury occurred. > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Robin McCain > To: Wjhonson > Cc: foundation-l > Sent: Wed, Aug 17, 2011 9:44 am > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues

Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues

2011-08-17 Thread Wjhonson
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 9:44 am Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues On 8/17/2011 9:20 AM, Wjhonson wrote: For plagiarism to "cause injury" you have to specify the type of injury in your suit. And then the case is not about laws about plagiarism per se, of which there are none, but l

Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues

2011-08-17 Thread Robin McCain
On 8/17/2011 9:20 AM, Wjhonson wrote: > For plagiarism to "cause injury" you have to specify the type of > injury in your suit. > And then the case is not about laws about plagiarism per se, of which > there are none, but laws about the type of injury you are claiming. > For example unfair trade

Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues

2011-08-17 Thread Wjhonson
For plagiarism to "cause injury" you have to specify the type of injury in your suit. And then the case is not about laws about plagiarism per se, of which there are none, but laws about the type of injury you are claiming. For example unfair trade as in "I made all these designs and posted the

Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues

2011-08-17 Thread Robin McCain
g/wiki/Plagiarism mentions copyright infringement as a related issue to plagiarism... > > -Original Message- > From: Robin McCain > To: foundation-l > Sent: Tue, Aug 16, 2011 7:43 pm > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues > > On 8/16/2011 2:50 PM, Wjhonson wr

Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues

2011-08-17 Thread Wjhonson
Litigation under the rules of plagiarism Can you cite that law for me? -Original Message- From: Robin McCain To: foundation-l Sent: Tue, Aug 16, 2011 7:43 pm Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues On 8/16/2011 2:50 PM, Wjhonson wrote: > The year of publicat

Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues

2011-08-16 Thread Robin McCain
igation was considered. > > > -Original Message- > From: Robin McCain > To: foundation-l > Sent: Tue, Aug 16, 2011 2:36 pm > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues > > On 8/16/2011 12:51 PM,wjhon...@aol.com <mailto:wjhon...@aol.com> wrote: > >

Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues

2011-08-16 Thread Wjhonson
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues On 8/16/2011 12:51 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: I don't believe your claim that you can take something which is PD, make an xact image of it, slap it up in a new work of your own (enjoying copyright rotection automatically) and then claim copyright

Re: [Foundation-l] copyright issues

2011-08-16 Thread Robin McCain
On 8/16/2011 12:51 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: > I don't believe your claim that you can take something which is PD, make an > exact image of it, slap it up in a new work of your own (enjoying copyright > protection automatically) and then claim copyright over that PD image in your > work. > > C