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Moin,
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 22:15, you wrote:
Moin,
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 21:59, Platonides wrote:
Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
Someone vastly misunderstands the nature of
copyright law, I think.
(Though, admittedly, IANAL, either. I just play on on the net.)
If I create a screenshot of a browser page on my computer displaying
wikipedia, there is *one* copyright involved: *mine*. The image is
not a derivative work of the browser, the OS, or the website.
Therefore, none of those people's copyrights apply, and therefore by
induction, no licenses are necessary. I created an image, and I own
its copyright.
Then, why does commons interpret it otherwise?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing#Screenshots
Screenshots are copyrighted if the displayed program or operating
system is copyrighted. For a detailed discussion see
http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/publications/copyrightalexmorrisson.htm
Does that mean if I take a screeshot of "gcc -v" it is copyrighted? What
if I copy & paste that text, is it still copyrighted?
NVM me, I just read the linked article instead of the very short summary you
pasted into the mail :D
best wishes,
Tels
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