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Re: Not so, not with my materials. Re: Re:Globorama - some explanation from Don
G. Donald Bain 2008-May-23 17:10:00
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.
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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