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Grex > Coop13 > #366: Minutes from Grex Board of Directors Meeting, September 26, 2006 | |
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nharmon
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response 59 of 61:
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Oct 30 13:46 UTC 2006 |
I would think so. This would be a case where our warped idea of
"intellectual property" has twisted what copyright is. Everything is in
the public domain, only the government grants exclusive rights to the
inventor for a limited period of time. It isn't the inventor that OWNs
the intellectual property, but rather the inventor has a license from
the government saying he/she has exclusive rights to use it.
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cyklone
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response 60 of 61:
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Oct 30 21:22 UTC 2006 |
While I agree that's a reasonable interpretation of the Constitution, as a
practical matter, it means little when Disney lobbies for an extension every
time Mickey's about to fall into the public domain.
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tod
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response 61 of 61:
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Oct 30 21:31 UTC 2006 |
re #58
If people use the licensed item without dispute for a long enough period then
yes it goes into PD.
re #60
There is a fine distinction with Mickey because he was animated "with sound".
There were mice before him like "Miky Mouse" (which Walt stole outright from
a Jewish toy maker in Ohio) prior to 1923..those would be public domain and
ripe for "any kind of usage". >:)
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