| From: | "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Legal talk |
| Date: | Tue, 14 May 1996 11:09:14 +0100 |
> >I will remove the copyright notices from individual articles; in their
> >place, there will be a general warning at the beginning of the book
> >stating that the articles' copyrights are owned by their authors.
> >
> >(Do we *really* need this legal hassle?)
> >
> Unfortunatly, Yes. The copyright is our only protection (such as it is) from
> having our text ripped off.
This isn't 100% relevant here, but what I'm wondering about is whether
people are really trying to rip you (that is, everybody, not you
specifically) off, or are we all just imagening it all? My own prime
concern is that my material doesn't get altered -- beyond that, people can
distribute it at will as much as they like. If they make money off of it,
I doubt I'll ever find out let alone take legal action against someone in,
say, Thailand who's selling my texts for money.
> Your solution is basicly a good one providing. that the copyright
> notice stay appended to the various postings to and from the NERPS list
> and that a list of the articles, authors and copyright dates be
> included in the final document. I would be happy to perform that
> function when the time comes.
I'll put a section about this into the FAQ, so there's some kind of
official base for all this nonsense (because that's my view on this
matter). I don't see the point in hooking a copyright notice to
everything you post here, but if you feel you must then go ahead...
In the final book, each article will have its author's name right at the
top, under the article's name, and at the beginning of the book will be a
notice that reads something like this:
"The copyrights to each article in this book [file?] are held by their
respective authors, (c) 1996."
And as you probably have guessed, I also don't really see why a list of
all the articles, authors, and (c) dates must be included in the final
document...
[time/date stamps]
> By the way is this your only problem with the text? Or are you waiting
> for tothers to make thiers first.
I haven't really read through the file yet, this was only the first thing I
noticed... I'll go read it right now and make any other comments I feel
need making :)
> And lastly are the two artiles you sent under seperate cover the other
> day open for comment?
You've got me wondering which articles you mean here... Anyway, anything
is open for comment as far as I'm concerned.
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