Re: Question on liability for falsely asserting copyright pro

Dodi is quite right in principle -- but in practice the false assertion has a chilling effect. It places the (prohibitably expensive) burden of proof on the end user to prove the false claim of copyright.

IA also NAL.

Amalyah Keshet
Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

• Original Message ----- From: "Dodi Schultz" <SCHULTZ[_at_]compuserve.com>

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>> ...but are those who assert ownership (thus depriving the public of
>> free access to use that material) liable for that?

Why would making that false assertion about a work in the public domain deprive anyone else? A mere assertion doesn't make something so. The assertion wouldn't actually REMOVE the work from the public domain.

IA a writer, NAL.

--DS Received on Mon May 29 2006 - 20:35:01 GMT