On Tuesday 12 February 2013 19:09:00 Al Thompson wrote: > On 02/12/2013 06:35 PM, drew Roberts wrote: > > Untrue. > > 1. He gets a copyright whether he wants one or not. He is forced to have > > one and he must make an effort to counteract this. > > > > If copyright only existed when applied for and registered, it would not > > be nearly as nasty. > > Well, due to the Hague Convention in the 80's, that is rather true, > although a composer can release under alternate licenses (or into the > public domain. Also, if the composer is the "publisher," he can simply > not enforce his copyright. > > >> It's not too unlike a guy who pays for materials and training, and then > >> builds a house. In deciding what to do with his house, he can: > >> > >> 1) charge people $500/month to live in it > >> 2) let people live in it for free > >> 3) tell people that they can live in it and give him some money if they > >> want to and can afford it > > > > It is completely different. You want the person to be able to prevent > > another person from buying his own materials and piece of land and build > > a copy of the the house. > > I never claimed that the house was a unique design. I merely state that > "the house" is a result of the owner investing time and material into > creating it. It is "his" house. He owns it, and it is within his > rights to completely control it's use. Well, let's make it an original design then shall we. What then in your eyes? all the best, drew _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
