Re: TotalNEWS & Derivative Works

Dan Burk <burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu> wrote:
>
> Sorry, but the display argument doesn't work for me.

No problem. It works for me, though.

> CNN et al.
> freely allow display of their content to whomever requests access to
> their server. When I access their material, I infer that I do not
> infringe their right of public display -- why else did they put it up
> on the web? Particularly without password protection or any other
> apparent restriction?

If publishers put a valid copyright notice on a magazine, why else would they put them in libraries, newsstands, and doctor's waiting rooms but for you to make copies of all the articles, incorporate them in your monthly legal newsletter and send them to all your clients? Why does putting original material on the Web cause the waiver of otherwise valid copyright claims for public display and performance. Giving viewners a license to view my work in the privacy of their homes, like renting a movie at the local rental store, is not a license to sell tickets and have a public showing. If TotalNews wants to incorporate my page in its framed page, surrounded by advertising they've gotten the proceeds from, let them ask my permission before they incorporate my work into theirs. Why do I have to have a passwork or other apparent restriction on my magazine that I publish? Do I have to have red text on a pink background so it can't be photocopied so that I have an "apparent restriction"?

> If they don't want the content displayed in a frame, all they have to
> do is deny access and/or prevent framing.

Now that's very interesting. Please tell me how to deny access to TotalNews from the dialup ISP where I have my Web pages set up for otherwise public access and how to prevent the framing of my page by anyone.

> That clearly signals that any license to display the material does
> not include framing.

I don't understand why framing my page is any different from just taking my text and images and plopping them down in the middle of your page without frames. I really don't understand that. Really.

What is the purpose of "Copyright 1997 Philip Stripling"? I would have thought the law was clear that this was a signal. Apparently not, huh?

Why is the Web different if I don't want my work copied or publicly displayed or performed?

Phil Stripling
philip[_at_]crl.com Received on Thu Jun 05 1997 - 17:38:27 GMT