Erik Max Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
>
>> Depends on the country's laws and the exact agreement.
>
> Work for hire is part of the Berne convention.
>
According to recent (2003) Slovak copyright law, ONLY the individual
authors own the copyright, and they cann
I realize that this thread skirts with being OT, but there are
serious implications for Pythonistas and Open Source software types.
I didn't mean to suggest that T.E. moved to California. I did,
however, misspeak (mis-type?) when I said Edison formed a studio in
California. His was in NJ, ac
David T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Tom Edison moved to California so _he_ could skirt copyright laws of
I'm not aware of any move to California for either the better-known
Thomas Alva Edison, or his lesser-known and less successful son of the
same name. Could you clarify? The movie indu
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> That is *not* generally true, although it is true in certain industries,
> such as newspapers.
It is true in many industries, including the software industry. My
point was that the creator of a work and the copyright holder and not
necessarily one and the same. Often,
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> Depends on the country's laws and the exact agreement.
Work for hire is part of the Berne convention.
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On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:16:43 -0800, Erik Max Francis wrote:
> David T wrote:
>
>> Individuals, and perhaps groups of individuals are the creators of
>> works.
>
> When someone pays you to create a work, then they own the copyright, not
> you. It's called work for hire.
That is *not* general
Erik Max Francis a écrit :
> David T wrote:
>
>> Individuals, and perhaps groups of individuals are the creators of
>> works.
>
>
> When someone pays you to create a work, then they own the copyright,
Depends on the country's laws and the exact agreement.
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Mike Meyer wrote:
> Further, recent evidence is that this is no longer true in that
> country, assuming it ever was.
Oh, please. Take the political crap elsewhere.
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David T wrote:
> Individuals, and perhaps groups of individuals are the creators of
> works.
When someone pays you to create a work, then they own the copyright, not
you. It's called work for hire.
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>As far as I know, only one country ever claimed to have that, so your
>"we" only applies to citizens of that country, and not to everyone who
>may be reading the letter - and the status of the person you quoted
>but did not attribute is unclear.
It applies to not only the US, which explicitly has
"The Eternal Squire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>Copyright is a gift granted by the government, not the natural state of
>>the world. When kings and emperors and presidents give commercial and
>>economic gifts, like monopolies, they rarely are for the benefit of the
>>majority.
> Last I knew, we
>Perhaps there is no way to make a living from writing novels without
>copyright. There is no way to make a living from playing solitaire either
>-- should the government pass a law giving a legal monopoly on playing red
>queen on a black king to my granny, so that everyone playing that move
>has t
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:22:45 -0800, The Eternal Squire wrote:
> Without copyright, how could one possibly earn a living writing a
> novel?
I don't know. How did William Shakespeare make a living from writing plays
and sonnets and poems? How did Sir Walter Scott make a living from writing
novels
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