Copyright definitions

Drew, Bill drewwe at MORRISVILLE.EDU
Tue Mar 20 18:15:33 EST 2001


I am really beginning to understand this issue.  I think we need a
definition of copyright so that we are all talking about the same thing.  I
think the one from the Collegiate Dictionary is as good as any:

"the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, and sell the matter and
form (as of a literary, musical, or artistic work)"


The problem really boils down to who owns the copyright and how willing are
they to allow access to it.  One of the biggest obstacles is that the
creator may not be the copyright holder.   He/she has generally given up the
right to reproduce, publish, and sell the work.  As I see it, hackers of
DVDs feel free to hack into DVDs because the actual creators of the work are
not the owners of the work?  I can sympathize with that view point now.

___________________ 
Bill Drew -  SUNY Morrisville Library
E-mail: mailto:drewwe at morrisville.edu
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."
-- Robert Louis Stevenson.



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