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Re: VMs: RE: Map scans now posted...
steve ekwall wrote:
"under copyright to the VMs group"?, I'm not a lawyer, but can one
copyright something they don't even know what it is??
Can/should I 'copyright' this reply?
Why try to copyright it in the 1st place if it is NOT Yours/Ours??
The VMs itself is not protected under any known copyright law, being
far too old to be within the permitted time range.
I can take a picture of something, say, a frog. Even if the frog is not
mine, I can claim ownership (and copyright) of the photo. If you own the frog,
there are circumstances where you can claim my photo is derivative of some
rights you have and either prevent me from taking a picture or owning the
picture. (For example, the famous Cypress tree in Monterey is protected by
trademark, limiting what rights you as a photographer can have).
In the case of the VMs, if the library were to allow us to take pictures of
the VMs, the photographer would then own the images and copyright, and can
stipulate what they will allow done with them. For example, we might stipulate
that no for-profit books be published using them unless an arrangement to return
some of the proceeds to the group (to fund research).
If I bought a "slave" or pet bird, Is it R E A L L Y Mine?
Voynich _just bought_ this Ms. Can we copyright all the books we have
bought on our bookshelves in our home & office? (what if the very 1st
line (finally DEcoded) of the VMs says "COPYRIGHTED King Zyxxyggy"
(ouchey!) ha.haa
Best to you & yours
-=se=-
steve (rem: ES said it was for EVERYONE) ekwall
Chris - Xenon
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