Now you're suddenly talking about me missing
things about copyright?
One of the nice
things about copyrights is that securing such protection is fairly straightforward.
Not exact matches
For one
thing, reprintings of Luther's pamphlets made money for printers, who did not have to worry
about copyright law.
For one
thing, how many people start to care
about copyright and publishing freedom who hadn't given it a moment's thought before?
This is one of those
things were you really need to worry
about copyright infringement, though.
You'll not only learn exactly what you need to know
about book design, but also
about things specific to book publishing, such as title and
copyright pages, ISBN and bar code, page count for printing, marketing considerations, plus how to choose the best type of printing for your book.
Joanna Penn: «The Self - Publisher's Legal Handbook», and there are some other ones, some other books
about intellectual property and
copyright and
things... it's expensive to hire an attorney, right?
If you go learn something
about what
copyright actually is (hint: it's
about making copies), then you'll have answers to many of your own questions, modulo certain weird
things such as differences in the laws for audio vs. video.
Things on my To - Do List that didn't get done: Book order form sent to school for an upcoming school visit, registering
copyright on February release, send science / nature books to a science review service, write on Book 3 of The Blue Planets series, and send emails
about the winner of a book giveaway.
As the drama unfolded, many indie authors, including myself, learned several surprising
things about the role retailers play in
copyright disputes.
The important
things to know
about copyright are why it is necessary and how to secure it.
I'm especially intrigued to hear / read more from Samatha Holman, as in almost every recent conversation
about the now and future of publishing,
copyright law in the global and digital age is the one
thing that no one knows enough
about.
Now, as I mentioned to you, we've had Helen Sedwick on the show before talking
about copyright and some of these
things, but today we wanted to talk
about estate planning because I saw an article that you wrote and it's something I'm really into.
One of the
things I happen to know a decent amount
about is the state of the law regarding
copyright online (in the United States).
I haven't even said anything
about the subject of
copyright... That's rather judgmental of you to just assume
things about me with zero basis.
The stunning
thing about all of this is that most of the games in the spotlight here have been rereleased in Japan where apparently
copyright laws are weaker, lawyers are smarter, or sales expectations are more realistic.
Honestly, all snark aside, I know / teach some youngsters who grew up in a «post-piracy» world (to the extent that they've grown up with
things like the VC, Steam, and Netflix in the 00s, so downloading ROMs or TV shows or whatever doesn't hold enough allure / necessity to overcome wariness of getting in trouble or guilt
about breaking
copyright laws), but who have engaged with the fandom, talk of the game in hushed tones, and have been waiting with bated breath to play it.
Here, btw, is a roundup of previous Cariou v. Prince posts, including readings, reviews, and info
about the book I made, Canal Zone Richard Prince YES RASTA: Selected Court Documents from Cariou v. Prince, which contains the transcript from Prince's amazing 7 - hour deposition in the case: Early days of THE BOOK: the five most ridiculous
things about the Richard Prince
copyright decision The Richard Prince decision?
The ability to take a couple of hours here or there and let people use the space... We've seen lots of new startups, lots of new community - minded projects in areas,
things in the soft IP side of
things, not just patents, but trademark,
copyright, litigation types of matters that now when people think
about those types of issues, the first
thing that comes to mind is Dunlap Codding.
Regarding
copyright and laws, one
thing that on a personal level has bothered me since I found out
about it, is how provincial governments will enact laws that incorporate by reference standards published by a non-governmental entity, so that to know and comply with the law (and there are penalties for non-compliance) requires purchasing a copy of the standard (e.g. electrical code, building code, etc.).
Ruth Carter: Yeah, I've been invited multiple years to speak at Phoenix Comic Con on
things like comic book creator rights, fan art and fan fiction and
copyright issues, those are the main
things I get to talk
about.
Maybe there's even more to it, or maybe it's different, but often the winning the
copyright battle is not the problem they need solved, it's getting this
thing, putting it behind them so they can keep going on their product, which is actually what they care
about.
Piracy is
about ethics, «
copyright infringement» is
about things that are illegal.
If your book is
about the solar system say, then the diameter of Jupiter, the orbital period of Mars and the mass of the Sun are not
things that are subject to
copyright.
One
thing all had in common was a desire to understand domestic and international
copyright issues, Web 2.0 and other digital
copyright issues, special library provisions and fair use / dealing, as well as educating others
about copyright and licensing.
If you are worried
about things like decompiling, then
copyright by itself is unlikely to help you (due to exceptions for fair use / fair dealing: see, e.g., Sega Enterprises Ltd v Accolade Inc (1992) 977 F. 2d 1510) and so you would need to obtain the customer's agreement to a licence including a contractual promise not to decompile / etc.
I need to think more
about the
copyright licensing
thing: after all, Google and the news sources are doing the work.
For one
thing, that Vallance case looks to be
about the conflicting values of open justice and personal privacy, not
copyright.
The problem is that even under the U.S.
copyright regime, considered to be the most robust, Ashley Madison would have to establish a good faith belief the
things they are complaining
about are actually
copyrighted.
«There is a
copyright lobby that is trying to work with governments to protect their property in a very aggressive fashion — almost in a very extremist fashion — where it's all
about shutting websites down and putting people in jail for
things that were being treated like parking tickets ten years ago.