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[Israel Stein]

On 11:59 AM, David Boyce wrote:
> I know. That is why I ended my post with
>> More pertinent here, though, is the 
>> aspect of business confidentiality 
>> and business relationships.
>>
>> End of pedantic rant.
> I mentioned the broad principle of 
> copyright law (not, surely, mere 
> technicalities; the very fundamentals) 
> as somewhat of an aside, since Del 
> brought it up.  He correctly pointed 
> out a main principle of copyright that 
> often seems not be be realised: that 
> copyright is not something you DO; 
> it's a right that IS.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> David Boyce.

David,

And here you are, of course, correct. In 
my former career as a commercial 
photographer I had lots of occasions to 
deal with the general public's ignorance 
of copyright law, where I had to send 
some stern warnings to clients who made 
unauthorized uses of my work. 
Fortunately for them, it never came to 
legal action, because under US copyright 
law the presumption is with the 
copyright holder - unless the user can 
produce a clear grant of license for the 
disputed use or show that "fair use" 
exceptions apply. And there are 
statutory fines and damages for each 
instance of violation - so it could get 
quite expensive...

The problem in the US might be that US 
copyright law was not brought in line 
with international treaty standards 
until sometime in the 70's. Until then 
copyrights had to be registered, and any 
publication of a work without a 
registered copyright could throw the 
work into the public domain (with a very 
broad definition of what constitutes 
"publication"). Too many folks are under 
the impression that the pre-70's 
regulations are still in force. This is 
just not so. As David writs, copyright 
is automatic upon creation of a work, 
and is in force for at least the 
lifetime of the author - unless there is 
a specific grant of rights to others. 
Now, what constitutes a "work" is a very 
complex question, having to do with what 
is original from the author and what is 
not.

Israel Stein

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