Thanks, Chuck, and sorry, John. I did, indeed, misunderstand and you are entirely correct.
Bill On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Chuck Harris <cfhar...@erols.com> wrote: > Bill, > > You are reading John's statement incorrectly. He is saying that all of > these > guys that are scanning copyrighted (or public domain) material are not > eligible > for a copyright just for doing the scanning.... That would be like the > saying the > company that makes the printer (let's say Xerox) is eligible for a > copyright on > material printed on their printers.... but rather their only right to > copyright > is for IP material that they add to the original document, not the original > document. > > Groups like McGraw-Hill may not own the IP that is in their books, but they > do > own the presentation, with its arrangement of pictures, typefaces, and > arrangement > or text on the pages, etc.. > > I can conceive of a case where a publisher like McGraw-Hill's copyrighted > book > full of public domain IP could be copied if you used your own type font, > and > formatting of pages, pictures and text, etc... > > -Chuck Harris > > > William H. Fite wrote: > >> I just ran into one of our attorneys in the hallway. Copyright refers to >> the intellectual property, not to the medium. The fact that the >> intellectual property of the author is moved from a book to a CD does not >> affect copyright, so long as the content is not otherwise altered. Think >> about it; if your friend's contention were true, we could all dodge >> copyright restrictions simply by photocopying (scanning) the material we >> wished to appropriate. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:02 AM, J. Forster<j...@quik.com> wrote: >> >> That is apparently the case for the HC books. >>> >>> I'm not so sure about the CDs. A friend who is an IP attorney has told me >>> that if you scan something, you cannot copyright the scan. You can >>> copyright any new content you add. >>> >>> FWIW, >>> >>> -John >>> >> > ______________________________**_________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/** > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.