wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: some research
Yuval Levy 2008-May-27 14:02:00
Milko,
good analysis, as always.
Milko Amorth wrote:
> blunt insult and disrespectful beyond measure, in my opinion.
exactly, that's what globorama is.
> Carl's initiation about usage fee use sounds a good idea to me, just to
> make a point. This is huge, make no mistake. They have a lot to loose now,
yes, can somebody in Germany volunteer to draft an invoice? for now make
it into a spreadsheet so that we can add to the count of works being
invoiced.
@Carl: I would love it if it was you to do this ;-)
> I think it is a good idea to take some action now. First i would propose
> to lock up the qtvrs on the site.
no - technical stuff can wait for later. this sort of locking does not
work technically, and doing it now sends a signal of "we have not
protected our work as good as we should have", while the clearer signal
is already out there: we protect our work by legal means and not by
technical means, leaving it up to the viewer to behave legally or face
consequences.
> Further I propose 2 usage fees for settlement to be put in a fund for WWP
> issues and donations (like some toys for Don, Landis and Markus for
> compensation).
proposal worth considering, but for now there is zero money to consider.
let's first see how far we get in the negotiation.
> 1st: a fee for images used in the past and damages done for a cease and
> desist order, or
>
> 2nd: fees for images used until to day and in the future for further
> presentation.
before talking the future I want to have the past settled. And if from
the settlement of the past I see that the other party understands
copyright and show signs of being respectful in the future to us and to
other artists, then I may consider licensing for the future (and even:
donating a license for the future, if the proper conditions for a
donation are met).
> I also would propose an action panel to deal with them on wwp contributors
> behalves:
> I,ll start with:
>
> Yuval Levy
> Carl von Einem
> Willy Kaemena
>
> Anybody any thoughts on that?
I'd like you on that panel too. Somebody in Germany should be the lead.
I'd kindly ask Willy to take the lead (aren't you recently retired, with
a lot of time on a high speed train and with a notebook ;-) )
I'll be happy to help/assist.
Yuv