Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> It would be a silly world that gave copyright ownership to the person
> who physically recorded the creative work rather than the actual author
> of that work. Section 102(a) says that copyright subsists in original
> works of authorship that are fixed. Section 101 defines fixation as
> occurring "by or under the authority of the author."
On the contrary, this is the basis of a great deal of copyrighted material. Television, Radio, and Newspapers all depend on "fixing" the comments and actions of others. And it is not uncommon for an "author" to seek out the media to "fix" his or her work and "distribute" it to the public.
Jayne Sebby
Nebraska ETV
<jsebby[_at_]unlinfo.unl.edu>
Received on Wed Apr 29 1998 - 20:14:00 GMT
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