Hyman Rosen wrote: [...] > copying over networks. And when a user initiates an action from > a browser that goes to a webserver which obtains a file from
Hugh? In the case of http://www2.verizon.net/micro/actiontec/actiontec.asp the initiator of an action relevant to the copyright laws is Verizon because the *offer* comes from Verizon. BTW, under European copyright laws, this is called "making available". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_Copyright_Directive ----- Definition of copyright Articles 24 contain a brief definition of the property rights associated with copyright and related rights. They distinguish the "reproduction right" (Art. 2) from the right of "communication to the public" or "making available to the public" (Art. 3): the latter is specifically intended to cover publication and transmission on the internet. The two names for the right derive from the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (Arts. 8 & 10 respectively). The right of communication to the public or making available to the public is also distinguished from the "distribution right" (Art. 4) by the fact that it is not subject to the first-sale doctrine. ----- regards, alexander. -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
