Re: Attribution is not required in public domain materials

From: Joseph Pietro Riolo <riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:07:45 -0400

On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Robert F. Bodi <lawlists[_at_]bodi.com> wrote: 

>

> Laws against libel, slander, etc. certainly DO have an impact on free speech
> rights, which is why the application of those areas of the law have been
> limited by the First Amendment.

Very excellent point. Thanks for bringing it up.

> But I do NOT agree that free speech "allows" one to plagerize by copying
> ideas. The reason copyrights expire is because the Constitution requires
> that they be for a limited time. There may well be other reasons to require
> attribution that may not infringe on free speech rights. I am against
> legally forced attribution just because of the difficulties in proof, etc.,
> not because of any free speech rights.

France has no difficulty in requiring attribution. That country requires attribution because they prefer authorship and censorship (through moral rights) over free speech.

The U.S. should not be like that. Free speech and legally forced attribution cannot be reconciled in any way.

Joseph Pietro Riolo
<riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>
http://www.boycottcopyright.com

Number of days left until 1-1-2019 when all knowledge of 1923 in the land of the U.S.A. will be freed from their copyright owners' prisons: 5,675

Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this post in the public domain. Received on Thu Jun 19 2003 - 21:07:45 GMT

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