On 4/17/07, David Parenteau <kitfoxen_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> At 07:27 PM 4/17/2007, Axle Gear wrote:
>
> >It's not the redistribution that bothers me. (in fact, that's not even
> >illegal. Long story, i'd need to quote sections of copyright law to
> >explain. Even then most folks will ignore it.)
>
> Quote them. I want you to try to defend that it's not illegal so that
> people can see why defending like you may or may not is a bad idea.
>
> Please don't get the mistaken idea that "it's okay as long as you don't
> make money", because this will get you into a whole mess of trouble. The
> only thing you are allowed to do unless specifically given rights
> otherwise
> is re-sell the item, as long as you lose the copy and somebody else gains
> it.
>
> In fact, years ago, there was chaos over Yahoo's ToS change about "The
> right to publish blah blah blah" and people crying "We're giving away our
> rights!"... Well, no, not giving away. You're just giving Yahoo the right
> to show the stuff you put on their server to other people, otherwise Yahoo
>
> doesn't have that right and cannot show it to people who request to see
> it.
>
> Unless you are a lawyer, I would not ever advise anybody that
> "redistribution is legal" unless you want folks like the RIAA to love you
> for getting them more money from lawsuits against people who believe you.
>
>
>
Agreed. Jim is more qualified to go into the details of this than I am, but
if I recall he's actually gone through the trouble of filling out paperwork
and spending the money to have his characters registered as proper
trademarks, rather than letting the standard "These characters copyright
So-and-so" in the corner of the image do the work for him.
--
Chris Shaffer, sometimes known as "MythicFox" on varying messaging programs
http://mythicfox.livejournal.com
"Normal means you leave everything as it is and nothing ever changes. If
you don't like that, you've got to do things that _aren't_ normal."-- Kirima
Seiichi, Boogiepop wa Warawanai
Received on Tue Apr 17 2007 - 19:36:25 CDT