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Re: Farlie A
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Fri, 21 Jan 2000 03:06:42 GMT
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2000 19:35:32 GMT, Mark Tarrabain <markt@lynx.bc.ca>
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> > This will most likely get you nowhere, unless, of course, you're
> > trying to get a job. You'll find many discussions concerning the fact
> > that Lego seems to completely refuse to even look at or consider
> > outside designs.
>
> Be that as it may, Mr Justus did make his presence known here a few
> weeks back, and let us know that he was reading this group. You can't
> fault a guy just because he wants to be a little more formal than most.
Didn't want what I wrote to be taken as "faulting" him - especially
for the formality. Pointing out the _futility_ perhaps, but I got no
problem with formality. I thought it was kinda nice.
> Well, by posting his ideas here where who knows how many people can read
> them, there's actually very little chance that he, personally, could get
> any credit for the concepts, even if they *DID* originate from him. Any
> information that is publically distributed before being protected by
> copyright or trademark law becomes public domain by default, afaik. If
I believe you're incorrect. IANAL (and I don't care to spend any time
looking it up) but, at least in the US (and I noticed the person who
posted this isn't) anything you create is automatically copyrighted
when you set it into its final form. Like this post, sorda. Or a
poem I posted a few years back in RTL. I seem to remember some change
a few/several years ago in the law ... just decided to change my mind
and look this up quickly. Took me about 10 seconds using AskJeeves.
From http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/intprop/circ1.html
Who Can Claim Copyright
Copyright protection subsists from the time the work is created in
fixed form that is, it is an incident of the process of authorship.
The copyright in the work of authorship IMMEDIATELY becomes the
property of the author who created it.
How to Secure a Copyright
Copyright Secured Automatically Upon Creation
The way in which copyright protection is secured under the present law
is frequently misunderstood. No publication or registration or other
action in the Copyright Office is required to secure copyright (see
following NOTE). There are, however, certain definite advantages to
registration. (See page 7.)
Copyright is secured AUTOMATICALLY when the work is created, and a
work is "created" when it is fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the
first time. "Copies" are material objects from which a work can be
read or visually perceived either directly or with the aid of a
machine or device, such as books, manuscripts, sheet music, film,
videotape, or microfilm. "Phonorecords" are material objects embodying
fixations of sounds (excluding, by statutory definition, motion
picture soundtracks), such as audio tapes and phonograph disks. Thus,
for example, a song (the "work") can be fixed in sheet music
("copies") or in phonograph disks ("phonorecords"), or both.
If a work is prepared over a period of time, the part of the work that
is fixed on a particular date constitutes the created work as of that
date
****
There, no more blabbing on my part. Remember, IANAL, and I know
almost jack about copyright law, I just know enough to know some of
the time when someone says something that is wrong. And I know even
less about trademark law, other than the two are vastly different.
> (You know, I've actually been wondering what's happened to Mr Justus...
> He hasn't posted anything here for quite a while now...)
Me too, but I know I've been abnormally busy lately. No reason to
assume Mr. Justus has been twiddling his thumbs. I'm sure he has many
important things to deal with. I won't care if he ever posts here
again if Lego Direct ends up offering bulk piece ordering. Not
anything against him, but I need TLG to fulfill my needs as a
consumer, not be my pal. I have great guys like Todd and Larry to be
my pals. (I'm sure Brad is a great guy too.)
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| (...) A note from the authour of the post.. The formality was essentialy a header note to anyone from lego who reades this post. FYI- Leters that are formal usally take longer to write and are somtimes clearer than 'falme' postings written in a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Be that as it may, Mr Justus did make his presence known here a few weeks back, and let us know that he was reading this group. You can't fault a guy just because he wants to be a little more formal than most. (...) Well, by posting his ideas (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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