RE: Copyright of Facts

1999-01-17 Thread InfoNuovo
IL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Copyright of Facts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 2.3 You suggested that the map data might be licensed under GPL. OK, so > the compilation of data is copyrighted. Isn't this first and foremost a > straightforward question under top

Re: Copyright of Facts

1999-01-16 Thread Alex Nicolaou
Angelo Schneider wrote: > Alex Nicolaou wrote: > > If I take a photograph, I am clearly permitted to copyright it - it is > > "art", and its composition reflects how I chose to record the facts (the > > real objects in the photograph). It is difficult or impossible for > > someone else to take t

Re: Copyright of Facts

1999-01-16 Thread Alex Nicolaou
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 2.3 You suggested that the map data might be licensed under GPL. OK, so > the compilation of data is copyrighted. Isn't this first and foremost a > straightforward question under topic (1)? An obvious derivative work would > be more data compilation, wouldn't it?

Re: Copyright of Facts

1999-01-16 Thread Angelo Schneider
Hi Alex, its me again :-) Please see below... Regards, Angelo Alex Nicolaou wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Here are two references that may be useful to you: > > http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/14_cpyrt.html. > > This was new to me, thanks. > > > http://www.te

RE: Copyright of Facts

1999-01-16 Thread InfoNuovo
don't want to go down those roads. -- Dennis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alex Nicolaou Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 17:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Alex Nicolaou; Bruce Perens; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Copyrigh

Re: Copyright of Facts

1999-01-16 Thread Alex Nicolaou
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here are two references that may be useful to you: > http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/14_cpyrt.html. This was new to me, thanks. > http://www.templetons.com/brad/copyright.html. This I have already read, but I reread it. > Something I find easy to forget in these

RE: Copyright of Facts

1999-01-16 Thread InfoNuovo
Alex, Here are two references that may be useful to you: Hoffman, Gary B. Who Owns Genealogy: Cousins and Copyright. published on the web at http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/14_cpyrt.html. Genealogy.com (Fremont, CA: 1997) Straightforward treatment of copyright basics and an useful links to