The following was in theBookseller.com Informer today: Copyright exemptions for VIPs Copyright legislation which gives more freedom for visually impaired...
Hi, Michael. I'm pretty knowledgible in this area and can assure you that you heard wrong. - Russ www.russellstill.com On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:43:32 -0500 (EST)...
... work ... NASA images ... (and he could ... photos. Mere mechanical reproduction does NOT create a new copyright. I'm sure Michael Hart has the cites on...
Here is the way the copyright works for Government items that are paid for with TAX money. The original documents are copyright free. Once they are used in...
... Granted, mere "mechanical reproduction" can't be copyrighted, but museums have successfully argued that the photographing of art in their collections isn't...
Martyn Folkes said: ... ... Could this be interpreted as making the "publisher controls the read-aloud option" as illegal - that (for example) Adobe must place...
Hi all, Since I'm auditing this class the idea of eTextbooks has been on my mind lately, and this scheme occurred to me: The textbook publisher would not sell...
Well I for one like it -- but I have to ask -- don't the colleges usually make a profit on the textbooks sold through their book stores? I know they do when...
Since they're government photos, could you explain why they're no public domain, please? I know some stock agency/ies has a deal to represent them and they...
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Michael Hart
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Nov 2, 2002 4:54 pm
... Well, while I have studied copyright law hundreds of time more than I ever wanted to, this information came directly from NASA, so I just took their word...
... Sorry, I disagree with a couple of things. The copyright on the book is on the book as an entity. It means that no one else can get the exact same photos,...
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Michael Hart
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Nov 2, 2002 4:54 pm
... It also seems to make it illegal for these people to work together to make their copies. . . . Michael...
Thanx, Micheal for your replies about NASA, public domain, and copyright issues. I suspect you are confusing some of the intellectual property rights. If NASA...
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Michael Hart
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Nov 2, 2002 4:55 pm
... I just want to make sure that it is clear that _I_ am referring to my own ownership of the ONLY work of its kind, an ORIGINAL work, not a copy, and that no...
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Michael Hart
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Nov 2, 2002 4:55 pm
... "There you go again". . . . I am the one who wants as many options as possible, I just don't want plain text to be eliminated as an option. So please stop...
There has appeared a new addition to the microsoft reader website - an "eBook Catalog". You can get to directly by going to http://www.mslit.com. The site is...
I just started paying attention to this thread so I don't know whether this point has been made by anyone, but here goes: The U.S. Federal Government cannot...
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Jay A Hartman
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Nov 2, 2002 5:25 pm
We have 9,700+ title and description listings from 150+ publishers in our catalog, and that does not include Project Gutenberg titles since we figure those are...
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Michael Hart
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Nov 2, 2002 6:29 pm
... This is called a "compilation copyright" and is not what I thought was under discussion. . .or is that what is confusing people. . . . Michael...
Hi, Jeff. To reiterate earlier messages, they are not public domain, but neither is copyright asserted on them. Just because NASA invites people to use them...
Hi, Michael. Your legal beagles are correct. There is no reason to ask. Use them freely. But the clincher here is the word "public domain". If NASA placed them...
If you were to contact Media Relations or the PAO at NASA HQ in Washington, DC, and told them you were going to use their photos to endorse your product or...
Interesting analogy. I, for one, have no idea (other than my own, worthless guess). - Russ www.russellstill.com On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 14:43:16 -0500 (EST) Michael...
Jerry Ong (barsg25@...) wrote in message ... Try http://www.informit.com -- they have a lot of IT ebooks there in HTML, though you have to register to...
Hello, I joined this list to get information on PDAs and e-books. The info I have gotten from your list has been very helpful and also confusing <g> It...
