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Re: Not so, not with my materials. Re: Re:Globorama - some explanation from Don
AYRTON 2008-May-23 17:26:00
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 2:10 PM, G. Donald Bain <#removed#>
wrote:
> Yuval, Caroling, AYRTON, et al,
>
> I am just about to drive off, so I cannot participate in this
> discussion right now. But I look forward to rejoining it in a few days.
Good luck on your trip
And bring us back lots of panos :-)
Cheers
AYRTON
>
>
> Don
>
> On May 23, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Yuval Levy wrote:
>
> > AYRTON wrote:
> >> we still don't know if they just navigate trough the web, what it
> >> is free ...
> >
> > I've had a first reading through the German Copyright Law.
> > <http://www.bundesrecht.juris.de/urhg/index.html>
> >
> > according to §14, surfing the web through the globorama is only free
> > for
> > personal use, not for an exhibition.
> >
> > I'm still trying to sort out between interpretations of court cases,
> > but
> > it seems that the WWP does fall under a collective work (§9) in which
> > case their procedure is offensive but not illegal so far.
> >
> > If I understand §9 correctly, one of the authors of the collective
> > work
> > can give permission to use the whole collective work if he can assume
> > beyond reasonable doubt that the other authors would grant permission.
> >
> > Until this discussion came up, it may have been true, but now that the
> > discussion is up nobody can assume such permission anymore.
> >
> > I'll be drafting my letter later tonight, in which I tell them in
> > clear
> > terms that I do not give them permission to display my copyrighted
> > material, and that if they want permission they are welcome to start
> > negotiation again on a more respectful, open and communicative basis.
> >
> > I'll copy the list on this. the letter will be in German, but I'll
> > add a
> > translation too.
> >
> > Bottom line: NOT SO, NOT WITH MY MATERIALS.
> >
> > Yuv
> >
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