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- From: Mark Carter <mark AT markcarter.info>
- To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 00:54:16 -0400
Hi Greg.
I never said authors don't own their works.
I simply said that it's not a natural right,
its a legally created concept, allowed by
I think the best illustration that copyright is a natural right is simply that if I write some awe-inspiring enlightening book, it's entirely up to me whether I will then disseminate that book to the masses, or smile with satisfaction and, in the spirit of impermanence, throw it in the fireplace.
Any idea that I have any less right to that level of control over the work is simply a result of the unrelenting onslaught of technology. A few hundred years ago, if I were to "publish" the aforementioned book, I would very likely be able to personally keep track of each and every person who owned a copy. Copying was by no means trivial. Today, it is. My natural rights have been circumvented by technology.
Mark
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Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain
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Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain,
Greg London, 05/10/2004
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Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain,
J.B. Nicholson-Owens, 05/10/2004
- Correcting the final paragraph of my post., J.B. Nicholson-Owens, 05/10/2004
- Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain, Greg London, 05/10/2004
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Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain,
J.B. Nicholson-Owens, 05/10/2004
- Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain, Rob Myers, 05/10/2004
- Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain, Sigmascape1, 05/10/2004
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Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain,
Brian Clark, 05/12/2004
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Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain,
Greg London, 05/12/2004
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RE: Van Helsing and the Public Domain,
Brian Clark, 05/12/2004
- RE: Van Helsing and the Public Domain, Greg London, 05/12/2004
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Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain,
Mark Carter, 05/13/2004
- Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain, Greg London, 05/13/2004
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RE: Van Helsing and the Public Domain,
Brian Clark, 05/12/2004
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Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain,
Greg London, 05/12/2004
- Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain, Rob Myers, 05/12/2004
- Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain, Rob Myers, 05/13/2004
- Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain, Rob Myers, 05/13/2004
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Re: Van Helsing and the Public Domain,
Greg London, 05/10/2004
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