= Сообщение: 3764 из 7124 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Björn Felten 2:203/2 08 Nov 18 13:40:11 Кому : Sean Dennis 08 Nov 18 13:40:11 Тема : The so called Intellectual Property FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:203/2+5be42eaa На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:18/200@fidonet+5be42521 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP437 ================================== Ответ: area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:18/200@fidonet+5be43a28 ============================================================================== SD> You're right, it doesn't, however, you've never heard of the Berne SD> Convention SD> then (of which all countries represented in this echo are members of)?
Yes I've heard about it. It's from 1886. The USA didn't however ratify it until more than 100 years later (entered into force for the United States on March 1, 1989), when they realized that they started to lose more money than they gained from continuing to violate the convention, happily copying and selling famous foreign works for centuries.
From the same Wikipedia article:
The United States initially refused to become a party to the Convention, since that would have required major changes in its copyright law, particularly with regard to moral rights, removal of the general requirement for registration of copyright works and elimination of mandatory copyright notice.
SD> So, yes, if Mr. Jennings wanted to push the issue, he could enforce both SD> his copyright and trademark.
Unfortunately for him, as I recall it, those claims predate March 1, 1989 so I don't think he'd get lucky on an international arena.
SD> But to avoid all of that, one could put what they publish under one of the SD> many Creative Commons licenses.
That's not how it works.
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