[sdiy] DIY and Serge scans from Synapse, 197x

[Peter Grenader]

on 4/12/02 10:02 AM, Fahl, Romeo at RFahl at extensis.com wrote:
othingnay.


> What happens if you retype the words in pig-latin?
> 
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> %From: Happy Harry [mailto:paia2720 at hotmail.com]
> %Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 8:43 AM
> %To: nej22 at hermes.cam.ac.uk; djmarmalade at planetp.org
> %Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> %Subject: Re: [sdiy] DIY and Serge scans from Synapse, 197x
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> %Watch out... for the artwork redrawing it in your own
> %form will NOT violate the copyright...
> %
> %but re-typing the words (even in a different font) WILL
> %violate the copyright.
> %
> %For the pictures, the copyright lies in the visual expression...
> %but for text the copyright lies in the assembly of the words.
> %
> %If you "re-wrote" the text (paraphrased) you would be OK... or
> %if you quoted short segments into what is otherwise a scholarly
> %work (such as a critique of the ARP 2600 manual)... you would
> %be OK.
> %
> %I'd be inclined to just publish the work, and then cease and desist
> %if anyone from the long-gone company complains....  The copyright
> %establishes their right to collect damages... but it would be damn
> %hard to prove that you damaged sales of the ARP2600 or the
> %out-of-print 
> %manual at this point. You might argue that you have actually
> %enhanced their 
> %ability to make money by keeping the memory
> %alive...  ;^)
> %
> %H^) harry (I'm not a lawyer but I play one on TV....)
> %
> %
> %>From: Neil Johnson <nej22 at hermes.cam.ac.uk>
> %>To: DJ Marmalade <djmarmalade at planetp.org>
> %>CC: synth-diy <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> %>Subject: Re: [sdiy] DIY and Serge scans from Synapse, 197x
> %>Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 16:14:56 +0100 (BST)
> %>
> %>
> %> > > In the case of a paid magazine article, copyright is
> %transferred to 
> %>the
> %> > > magazine for publication? If the magazine then closes, does the
> %>copyright
> %> > > automatically transfer back to the author?
> %>
> %>In my experience with hobby electronics magazines the
> %magazine retains the
> %>copyright of the printed page, ie. the layout, the artwork,
> %the formatting
> %>etc.  So if I wanted to sell copies of the magazine articles,
> %or put scans
> %>of them on the web I would need their permission.
> %>
> %>HOWEVER, if I redrew the diagrams, rephrased the text, reformatted the
> %>text in a different form, then I would NOT be infringing
> %their copyright,
> %>because it would not be a COPY of what they had published.  As I
> %>understanf it, copyright protects the PRESENTATION, not the content
> %>(unlike patents).  Otherwise the first opamp inverter circuit
> %published
> %>would claim "copyright" on all subsequent published opamp inverter
> %>circuits, which clearly is not the case :-)
> %>
> %>Ok, this doesn't help if you just want to scan in some docs
> %and put them
> %>up on a website.  That would most definitely be a copyright violation,
> %>since you would be copying the material (remember: presentation, not
> %>content)  without the owner's permission.
> %>
> %>If you retyped the words, or redrew the schematic that would
> %be a way to
> %>circumvent the copyright issue.  Tedious, but legally sound.
> %>
> %>Neil
> %>
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