Re: Re: Attribution is not required in public domainmaterials

• Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Pietro Riolo" <riolo[_at_]voicenet.com> To: "CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property" <CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: Attribution is not required in public domainmaterials

> You mention the concept of the ownership. In the world of the
> public domain, there is no concept of ownership. (Technically
> speaking, everyone owns the public domain but because there
> is no one who cannot own it, ownership becomes meaningless.)
> Do you own your own ideas? No. The ideas belongs to everyone.
> Therefore, there is no reason to provide attribution to anyone
> who provides the ideas.

Personally, I don't see the connection between attribution and ownership. Ownership is quite distinct from authorship, even in the copyright world. One can be the author of something and yet not own it. So the issue are easily separable.

And I agree that, whether legal or not, attribution is a moral issue. One should NEVER take credit for the work of another. That is both unethical and immoral.

-Bodi Received on Wed Jun 11 2003 - 19:27:01 GMT