11 Feb
2013
11 Feb
'13
8:16 p.m.
On 02/11/2013 09:58 AM, drew Roberts wrote:
See, your first mistake is to describe the person as a property owner without
qualifications.
Second, I do not speak of private, contracted "showings" but rather of
publication.
I am also talking about "published works."
I guess the first question I would ask you, is "do you believe that a
person has a right to profit from his efforts?"
The draconian situation we have today is still not
good enough to protect the
works of the big copyright holders to their satisfaction. Open your eyes and
look at they laws they are asking for and often getting.
Many of the laws that are on the books, are not directly a result of
"copyright law" necessarily, but rather from backroom deals, lobbying
(i.e. - bribes), and other compromises. Don't confuse the RIAA with
"copyright owners."
So, you are whistling a new tune in your room with the
windows open. Jack is
walking by and hears some of it. It is catchy and he starts to whistle it as
he walks along. John standing at the bus stop a few blocks away hears it as
Jack passes. He too starts whistling the melody. He gets on the bus
whistling. All of the bus riders hear at. When they get off the bus at their
various stops they whistle it. Etc. In the absence of copyright law, do you
really think you have some power or right to prevent this situation? Some
right to be compensated by all of these people whistling without your
permission?
Oh, and by the way, to my ignorant understanding, if you hadn't yet written
down what you were whistling when Jack heard, you don't get to copyright it.
Oops. (I say ignorant as it may only happen if you perform it in public
first. Etc.)
You don't have to "write it down," in the literal sense. But being in a
fixed form of some sort is required, as is "publication."
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