Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:57:56 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Dennis Olvany <dennisolvany@gmail.com> Cc: David Hoffman <zionicman@gmail.com>, freebsd-user-groups@freebsd.org, thisdayislong <thisdayislong@gmail.com>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, ingrid@cityscope.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Serious breach of copyright -- First post Message-ID: <867j3dwjq3.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <4495F9A1.8040407@gmail.com> (Dennis Olvany's message of "Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:10:57 -0500") References: <e8b564e30606181649x7fa8f319x74138b673364f73f@mail.gmail.com> <f5b151550606181732x7562ce6fg1bb4f3baa5124716@mail.gmail.com> <e8b564e30606181738q4ac258c4ye96186ec2c30cb43@mail.gmail.com> <e8b564e30606181741u1a2e966fw513d49fadc369935@mail.gmail.com> <4495F9A1.8040407@gmail.com>
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Dennis Olvany <dennisolvany@gmail.com> writes: > I had a look at http://www.houfug.org/help/install_freebsd.htm and I am > afraid that you will find this article is not eligible for copyright. It > constitutes neither an artistic nor literary work. The article conveys > only facts and facts are not eligible for copyright. You're on to something, but you didn't quite get it right. Copyright law does not care about artistic or literary qualities; and while plain facts are not copyrightable, as you point out, their expression certainly is. A Haynes workshop manual, for instance, is neither art nor literature, and it is full of facts, but it is definitely copyrightable. I can put up a web page describing how to change the starter motor on my brother's Citro=EBn CX (bitch of a job, I'll have you know), but I have to use my own words and photos, not those from my brother's Haynes manual. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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