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Re: Contributer Agreement Version 3
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Fri, 23 Jul 2004 14:27:24 GMT
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Note: I am from the U.S., so I am speaking about U.S. copyright law. Note
IANAL, but as a graphic designer, copyright is a very important issue to me.
The 1995 Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market (Edited by Mary Cox,
Cincinnatti: Writer's Digest Books, 1994) explains, "What is a transfer of
copyright? Ownership of all or some of your exclusive rights can be
transferred by selling, donating or trading them and signing a document as
evidence that the transfer has taken place. For example, when you sign an
agreement with a magazine for one-time use of an illustration, you are
transferring part of your copyright to the magazine. The transfer is called
a license. An exclusive license is a transfer that's usually limited by
time, place or form of reproduction...A non-exclusive license gives several
people the right to reproduce your work for specific purposes for a limited
amount of time." [page 10]
So, according to U.S. law, copyrights can be sold in whole or in part. In
the case of parts authors, if they transfer any copyright to the LDraw.org,
it is done by donation, and they will be signing a document evidencing the
transfer--the license.
In the U.S. there is indeed a difference between transferring copyright and
licensing reproduction rights. As I have understood it though, in the
transferral of all copyright, the ownership is transferred as well, and the
creator retains no rights to the work. I think, however, that most of the
time a license is negotiated (again, in the graphic design world) so that
the artist can at least use his designs in his portfolio.
I would suggest that in this discussion no one be quick to claim that
someone else is completely incorrect. U.S. laws and European laws may
differ, and no one here is a lawyer!
Hope this helps,
--Ryan
http://users.ifriendly.com/fourfarrs1
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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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