6)If/ make up my own stories, but base them on another work, my new work belongs to Q me. 'False. U.S. Copyright law is quite explicit that the making of what are called "derivative works works based on or derived from another copyrighted work - is the exclusive province of the owner of the original work. This is true even though the making of these new works is a highly creative process. If you write a story using settings or characters from somebody else's work, you need that-author's permissIon 7)"They can't get me, defendants in court have powerful rights Copyright law is mostly civil law. If you violate copyright you would not be charged with a crime, but usually get sued
6) “If I make up my own stories, but base them on another work, my new work belongs to me.” False. U.S. Copyright law is quite explicit that the making of what are called “derivative works” — works based on or derived from another copyrighted work — is the exclusive province of the owner of the original work. This is true even though the making of these new works is a highly creative process. If you write a story using settings or characters from somebody else’s work, you need that author’s permission. 7) “They can’t get me, defendants in court have powerful rights!” Copyright law is mostly civil law. If you violate copyright you would not be charged with a crime, but usually get sued
8)Oh, so copyright violation isn't a crime or anything? "Actually, recently in the USA commercial copyright violation involving more than 10 copies and value over $2500 was made a felony. So watch out. On the other hand, this is a fairly new, untested statute. In one case an operator of a pirate BBS that didn't charge was acquitted because he didn ' t charge, but congress amended the law to cover that 9)t doesn't hurt anybody-in fact it's free advertising. It's up to the owners to decide if they want the free ads or not. If they want them, they will be sure to contact you. Don't rationalize whether it hurts the owners or not, ask them. Usually that's not too hard to do Even if you can't think of how the author or owner gets hurt, think
8) “Oh, so copyright violation isn’t a crime or anything?” Actually, recently in the USA commercial copyright violation involving more than 10 copies and value over $2500 was made a felony. So watch out. On the other hand, this is a fairly new, untested statute. In one case an operator of a pirate BBS that didn’t charge was acquitted because he didn’t charge, but congress amended the law to cover that. 9) “It doesn’t hurt anybody — in fact it’s free advertising.” It’s up to the owners to decide if they want the free ads or not. If they want them, they will be sure to contact you. Don’t rationalize whether it hurts the owners or not, ask them. Usually that’s not too hard to do. Even if you can’t think of how the author or owner gets hurt, think
about the fact that piracy on the net hurts everybody who wants a chance to use this wonderful new technology to do more than read other people's flamewars 10)"They e-mailed me a copy, so /can post it. To have a copy is not to have the copyright. All the E-mail you write is copyrighted However, E-mail is not unless previously agreed. So you can certainly report on what E-mail you are sent, and reveal what it says. You can even quote parts of it to demonstrate. Frankly, somebody who sues
about the fact that piracy on the net hurts everybody who wants a chance to use this wonderful new technology to do more than read other people’s flamewars. 10) “They e-mailed me a copy, so I can post it.” To have a copy is not to have the copyright. All the E-mail you write is copyrighted. However, E-mail is not unless previously agreed. So you can certainly report on what E-mail you are sent, and reveal what it says. You can even quote parts of it to demonstrate. Frankly, somebody who sues
over an ordinary message would almost surely get no damages, because the message has no commercial value, but if you want to stay strictly in the law, you should ask first. On the other hand, don't go nuts if somebody posts E-mail you sent them. If it was an ordinary non-secret personal letter of minimal commercial value with no copyright notice(like 99.9% of all E-mail), you probably won't get any damages if you sue them (879 words)
over an ordinary message would almost surely get no damages, because the message has no commercial value, but if you want to stay strictly in the law, you should ask first. On the other hand, don’t go nuts if somebody posts E-mail you sent them. If it was an ordinary non-secret personal letter of minimal commercial value with no copyright notice (like 99.9% of all E-mail), you probably won’t get any damages if you sue them. (879 words)
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A famous on-line company and music distribution service, it was known for supplying free music such as Mp3, etc. Website: http://www.napster.com Napster