From: | Luke Kendall <luke@********.CANON.OZ.AU> |
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Subject: | Re: A Copyright Proposal |
Date: | Thu, 15 Apr 1993 17:08:43 +1000 |
using the shadowtalk forum for trying out ideas that they're
planning to use in a separate copyrightable work. It would
scare me off, for instance. Snappy one-liners, witticisms,
examples of extreme cool, should all be `owned' by the person
who came up with them - not just character names.
In certainly should not be retro-active. That smacks of
deception, to me.
I suspect (from the overflow I saw of the MONICA affair) that
several people may be considering writing it up and attempting
to get it published. I assume, in that case, that the publisher(s)
involved would choose the best `version'.
I guess what I'm suggesting, is that shared stories could be left
`up for grabs' (between the participants, naturally) - with anyone
writing such stuff up for publication, having to re-write the
bits `belonging' to other people (like names, witticisms, etc.
that I mentioned above).
And if anyone wanted to include a copyright notice in something
that was entirely their own work, then that clarification should
be accepted as such.
luke