Indeed they are two different things... but does that make much sense when you boil it down... ??
Information has been defined defendable due to tangible representation... like you must have blueprints, documentation, filings, etc... Which are all tangibles... That's the problem... Intellectual property is over guarded and too many protections for things... Ideas, sounds, images... they are fluid.. they find a time and place in history and are quickly gone, replaced by the next thing... With the record companies churning people one after another, what should they care.... I mean isn't our society in the US the now and faster culture anymore... people dispose of everything... music is one of the most discard items in our society... If I photocopy or recreate the lawnmower by reverse-engineering it, don't I feel the wrath of Toro for intellectual property rights just the same? -paris -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:56 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: DOJ to swappers Law's not on your side - Tech News - CNET.com That is because there are two different things you are buying. There is a CD with the printing and information burned on it. Then there is the information. The Lawnmower is not intellectual property, the music is, you own the lawnmower, just like you own the physical CD. But you do not own the music, the copyright owner does. You are equating ownership of a physical item with ownership of an intangible item, which you cannot do, the laws and rules are different. > -----Original Message----- > From: Paris Lundis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:43 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: DOJ to swappers Law's not on your side - Tech News - CNET.com > > I love capitalism... The art of more for me Nick :) > > What product do you ever buy where you are so limited... Does your > lawnmower > dictate that you can't use it on a certain type of grass otherwise they > will > sue you? > > Does the Toro company say that you can't use your lawnmower to cut your > neighbors lawn, because doing so will reduce lawnmower sales? Do they > enlist > Congress to pass the anti-mowing laws? Nope. > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
