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Re: Contributer Agreement Version 3
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:00:16 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Wayne Gramlich wrote:
> Your statement is false. In the United States, copyrights are a form of
> intellectual property that can be bought and sold like any other
> form of property. In the United States, once the copyright has been
> transferred, the original author has no rights to the work unless they
> new owner grants them rights via a license.
A great example of this is the Beatles library, which Michael Jackson bought at
one point.
> In Europe, they have the concept of authorship rights that they believe the
> author retains irrespective of who owns the copyright.
We have something along those lines in the US, but I think it's restricted
solely to the requirement that you give credit where it's due. They don't have
any say in what's done with the copyrighted work, though. Only the copyright
owners retain that right.
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| (...) Not all that great. Paul McCartney still performs his songs in concert. He still records old beatles songs from time to time, and sells those. Do you think he could do that if he had no rights in his work? No, Michael Jackson bought certain (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| (...) [snip] (...) Your statement is false. In the United States, copyrights are a form of intellectual property that can be bought and sold like any other form of property. In the United States, once the copyright has been transferred, the original (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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