jha@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Jamie Andrews) (02/15/89)
I'd like to start putting a copyright notice on my articles,
but I don't know what all the pitfalls are. Can someone foresee
any problems with the following idea?
Copyright: Copyright (c) 1989 by James Harold Andrews; permission
is given to redistribute either on a non-profit basis, or where
right of reply is not selectively denied, or where specific
permission is granted.
What I want to say is "You can make money off redistributing
this; you can also prevent any discussion of my opinions/words in
your forum; but you can't do both." I realise that this would
prevent people from redistributing my messages on moderated
newsgroups for profit -- so be it.
I guess any copyright notice is going to have problems, and
I'm not arguing for this over some other one. I'm just asking if
anyone sees any major definitional/legal problems with it, so I
can revise it if it does.
--Jamie.
jha@lfcs.ed.ac.uk
"*Three* rocks?"chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (02/18/89)
> I'd like to start putting a copyright notice on my articles, >but I don't know what all the pitfalls are. Can someone foresee >any problems with the following idea? >Copyright: Copyright (c) 1989 by James Harold Andrews; permission Problem (1) -- '(c)' has absolutely no legal standing. Problem (2) -- under some international areas, you also need the words "All Rights Reserved" > is given to redistribute either on a non-profit basis, or where Possible problem: Do you want 'non-profit' or 'non-commercial'? They have distinct meanings. It's possible to make money off of something and still be non-profit, whereas [ugh! lawyer word! get back! GET BACK!] 'non-commercial' implies not taking money. > right of reply is not selectively denied, or where specific > permission is granted. Problem 3: the entire phrase "or where...." to the end makes no sense to me. I'm not even sure I can intuit what you intend to say -- something like "you can distribute unless I tell you you can't, or I tell you you can." I'd just end it after 'non-profit' the way it's written. Chuq Von Rospach -*- Editor,OtherRealms -*- Member SFWA chuq@apple.com -*- CI$: 73317,635 -*- Delphi: CHUQ -*- Applelink: CHUQ [This is myself speaking. No company can control my thoughts.] Signature quotes? We don't need no stinkin' signature quotes!
friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) (02/18/89)
In article <25973@apple.Apple.COM>, chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: > > Possible problem: Do you want 'non-profit' or 'non-commercial'? They have > distinct meanings. It's possible to make money off of something and still be > non-profit, whereas [ugh! lawyer word! get back! GET BACK!] 'non-commercial' > implies not taking money. An aside here: a friend of mine who does managment consulting for non-profit companies says: "Non-profit doesn't mean you don't make a profit. It just means you don't pay any taxes" Steve :-) -- Stephen J. Friedl 3B2-kind-of-guy friedl@vsi.com V-Systems, Inc. I speak for you only attmail!vsi!friedl Santa Ana, CA USA +1 714 545 6442 {backbones}!vsi!friedl --------Barbara Bush on... on... No, I just can't do it...--------