Re: copyright for treaties?

From: Joseph Pietro Riolo <riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:20:15 -0400

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Bryan Taylor <bryan_w_taylor[_at_]yahoo.com> wrote: 

>

> I think the court reached the only possible result there, but it's an
> interesting question as to if there is any limit on this. It seems troubling
> somewhat that a state legislature can essentially strip a copyright owner of
> his Federal protections. If I go out and form a municipality with a few of my
> friends can we put anything we want into the public domain? Surely not. Is this
> a "taking"?

It is not surprising that some portions of the laws, judicial opinions, and other legal documents came from individuals and entities. Because they "volunteered" their input to be part of legal documents, there is no "taking". The case in _Veeck v. SBCCI_ is about an organization who strongly encouraged municipalities to adopt its codes.

In this country where freedoms of speech and press are of the most important foundations for the society, it is a crime against these freedoms if we let individuals and entities own and privatize any portion of legal documents that have legislative and judicial effects on our lives. This is unlike some other countries where laws are owned by a government (just imagine the consequences if you try to print and distribute laws without the permission from the government).

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: 5,580

Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this post in the public domain. Received on Mon Sep 22 2003 - 19:20:15 GMT

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