Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 10:02:49 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000521100105.046818a0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <392779A9.87E47388@mail.ptd.net> References: <003b01bfbcdc$6059fb40$a164aad0@kickme> <391D71FE.1570F551@asme.org> <20000513205610.A22103@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <3.0.6.32.20000513143506.00895650@mail85.pair.com> <20000514010614.A16058@happy.checkpoint.com> <3.0.6.32.20000513180213.00894400@mail85.pair.com> <20000514023000.A16663@happy.checkpoint.com> <3.0.6.32.20000513192827.00895a10@mail85.pair.com> <20000514040731.B17455@happy.checkpoint.com> <391E27DD.320D4BBF@mail.ptd.net> <20000514024308.A57423@sasami.jurai.net> <4.3.1.2.20000519144129.04244e60@localhost> <4.3.1.2.20000520081306.046e03d0@localhost>
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At 11:52 PM 5/20/2000, Thomas M. Sommers wrote: >With respect to plays and conerts, another consideration is that the >work being performed may be copyrighted. More importantly, the performers have rights in the performance. If you publish a tape of the performance, you'd better pay the actors, musicians, etc. >I think it's a statutory, not constitutional, question. One could argue >that a batting average could be copyrighted because it takes some work >to calculate, beyond merely observing a game. Not so. The Supreme Court has ruled that the work must be CREATIVE in nature. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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