Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD Of course you are right, but take your argument to your countryman, Austin Franklin. No one seems to define "intellectual property" anymore. Isn't it a valid legal term, regardless of copyright, fiscal loss, ethics, und so weiter? Jerry bdcolen wrote: > 1. All kidding and any personal feelings aside - If Erwin Puts, or > anyone, sends something out to a list of people asking that they not > post, comment on, or repeat it - that request should be honored - > copyright law or no copyright law. > > 2. Those who read the document in question after it had been posted on a > third-party website had no way to know that it had been posted in > violation of its copyright and an agreement made with specific people, > and could not be violating an agreement to which they were not parties. > > 3. Commenting on copyrighted material does not violated the copyright - > if it did, there would be no book, movie, or CD reviews. Nor, for that > matter, would there be much academic discussion or debate. Further, fair > usage allows for the quotation - as quotation, of up to - I believe - > 250 words of copyright material. > > 4. It really was a "worshipful article," wasn't it, Jerry? But then > would one expect something critical from the person who wrote "Leica > Lenses - Their Soul and Secrets," an official Leica publication offered > in PDF form at the Leica website? > > B. D. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html