Re: Academics and coursepacks

From: Dan L Burk <BURKDANL[_at_]shu.edu>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 09:49:47 -0400

On 7/13/98, Michael Scarpitti <mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> wrote:
>
> On 12, July 1998, Dan L. Burk <burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Michael Scarpitti <mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > The analogy to national parks is all wet; these copyrighted
> > > works are hardly "natural" creations: They are the handiwork of
> > > men and women who deserve to be compensated for the use of their
> > > property.
> >
> > You miss the point (again) by assuming that what is taken is
> > necessarily 1) copyrighted and 2) legally deserving of
> > compensation. If the material is subject to fair use, or otherwise
> > in the public domain, it is public property exactly analogous to
> > public lands.
>
> No Mr Burk, YOU miss the point:
>
> These are not "Natural" features of the world. Human beings had to
> make them. Whether they are copyrightable is an entirely separate
> issue, true, but your analogy is all wet, I say again.

The public character of public lands is not a "natural" feature, either. They are only public lands because they have been designated as such.

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Dan L. Burk
Seton Hall University
burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu

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