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PingBad
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Joined: 05 Feb 2005
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 Posted: May 26, 2005 7:58am Post subject: A few links |
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Went to a few sites I knew about that covered copyright and fair use, and found some interesting reads:
here
here
here
here
here
even found the history of copyright law, quite an interesting read, really
| Quote: | Copyright Chronicles
1709
Anne guards the books: Publishers are up in arms and hint at author strikes. The problem: fast (well, sort of) and loose replication and sale of books without proper compensation to the owner. To remedy that, England's Queen Anne accepts the first Parliamentary copyright law, the Statute of Anne. It gives copyright holders (defined as authors or another authority with proprietary rights to a written work) exclusive rights to distribution and copying for a period of 20 years.
1908
Play it again, Sam: Player pianos are all the rage, and publishers of player-piano rolls are making a killing selling these recordings of popular tunes--without paying composers a dime. (Sound familiar, Napster fans?) Sheet music publishers file suit, claiming copyright infringement. The Supreme Court rejects their claim, reasoning that the law doesn't cover player-piano rolls. The next year, Congress amends the law to include licensing fees for player-piano rolls, phonograph records, and public performances. Decades later, composers get over $500 million in royalties from recordings and performances of their music.
1984
Video saves the movie star: The US Supreme Court rejects Universal Studios' lawsuit against Sony, which had contended that Sony's VCRs allow rampant copyright infringement by giving ordinary Joes and Janes the ability to make copies of their own movies. The ruling upholds citizens' fair-use right to make home recordings, and it supports Sony's right to make and sell VCRs. (Sony's Betamax format loses the VCR war to rival VHS anyway.) Two decades later, while box office receipts add up to about $8.4 billion, video sales and rentals are a $16.9 billion market for the movie studios — not bad for the lawsuit's losers. |
Read about it here: http://unlimited.co.nz/unlimited.nsf/UNID/F46484BC19334B4ECC256C580070F098?OpenDocument
Hope this helps clear some air regarding copyright
Moderator note: Put the URLs in hyperlinks as you needed a 70 inch monitor for them to fit on the page  - JohnB |
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codemastr
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Joined: 05 Feb 2004
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| Posted: May 26, 2005 3:06pm Post subject: |
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| Dr-Voodo wrote: | | Well the law is different from place to place. Perhaps there should be a international law. |
That's where the Berne Convention comes in. |
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PingBad
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| Posted: May 28, 2005 9:28am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Moderator note: Put the URLs in hyperlinks as you needed a 70 inch monitor for them to fit on the page - JohnB |
Poster note: a 17-inch monitor is what I have, and they display quite nicely - PingBad |
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Eleet
Joined: 06 Sep 2003
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| Posted: May 28, 2005 3:57pm Post subject: |
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| Dimension Says: I HAVE A 13" MONITOR! |
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w00t
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Location: Nowra, Australia
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| Posted: May 29, 2005 4:51am Post subject: |
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| 19" LCD pwns you. |
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Dr-Voodo
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Joined: 07 Nov 2003
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| Posted: May 30, 2005 1:05am Post subject: |
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| a 19" LCD? May I have it please?! |
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PingBad
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| Posted: May 30, 2005 6:31am Post subject: |
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| /me whips to the shops to get that 5ft plasma he's had his eyes on... anyone got a spare credit card to pay for this thing? |
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magpie
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Joined: 18 Jan 2004
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Location: Essex, UK
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| Posted: May 30, 2005 6:51am Post subject: |
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| Pfft, CRT is *still* better than LCD/Plasma. |
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PingBad
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| Posted: May 30, 2005 7:49am Post subject: |
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| magpie wrote: | | Pfft, CRT is *still* better than LCD/Plasma. |
Have you ever seen a 5 ft CRT? I'd imagine the tube depth would be enough to sink a frigate or three |
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magpie
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Location: Essex, UK
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| Posted: May 30, 2005 8:15am Post subject: |
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| I care not for weight. Not when you can get somebody to deliver it for you. ;) |
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Eleet
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| Posted: May 30, 2005 10:59am Post subject: |
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| CRT's own you all |
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Dr-Voodo
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| Posted: May 31, 2005 12:49am Post subject: |
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| No it doesn't, I am free spirit so I own myself |
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PingBad
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| Posted: May 31, 2005 2:20am Post subject: |
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| Dr-Voodo wrote: | | No it doesn't, I am free spirit so I own myself |
I raise a beer to that. |
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Dr-Voodo
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| Posted: May 31, 2005 7:01am Post subject: |
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| *I am so freaking wasted right now* |
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PingBad
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| Posted: Jun 06, 2005 5:11am Post subject: |
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I went to download.com, searched for mirc (out of interest) and found an entry for Trillian. The description is a lil disheartening in a way, | Trillian wrote: | | Chat with all your friends on mIRC, AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo Messenger. |
...with your friends from mIRC...
From the newbie's point of view, this would imply that mIRC is the only IRC client on the block. What bollocks! Okay, mIRC is the popular one under windows and I dont think many can deny that. But how about bersIRC (or any other IRC clients)?
Anyway, just a thought |
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