Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mark I get confused of the terms you are using - copyright and copywrite - is there something I missed or do yoy mean copyright all the way ? Ruben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 4:17 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Copyright Alert >I read a long time ago that copyright law is the most often opposite of >what > is obvious. > And you need a copywrite lawyer for advice on copywrite law. It's a real > specialty. > And if you ask the average or even a real smart "other" lawyer advice on > copywrite law they will 9 out of 10 times give you bad advice. > > Unless they happen to be a copywrite lawyer. Which are pretty hard to find > I > think there are two in Portland. > Perhaps the lawyers or legal experts on the list can straighten me out if > I'm off on this train of thought. > > What if you were sick the day they taught copywrite law in law school? > Or was it a week? Month? > Or flunked that test but managed to pass law school anyway? > > People like to think that copyright law is what they feel would obviously > be > fair and logical from what they've skimmed about it. As will non copyright > lawyers it said in an article I read. > > If you're standing on your private property HOW DARE THEY shoot your > picture > without asking? > It's OBVIOUSLY ILLEGAL! > SETTLE OUT OUT OF COURT! DO NOT PASS GO TO NOT COLLECT 200 dollars!! > > However its perfectly legal as there is this "reasonable right of privacy" > thing which applies to when you're in your bathroom with your shades drawn > and the door closed but not to doing yard work. Front or backyard. > Sideyards > too. > With copyright law its usually what you don't think. > > That's what I've always heard or read. > > > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information