[Foundation-l] Re-licensing

[Ray Saintonge]

George Herbert wrote:
> Used relative to copyright law, the term unambiguously means what Mike is
> saying, the rights that Europe (and others) have assigned to actual authors
> distinct from copyright owners etc.
>
> The specific term as used in copyright law (as Mike says, a "term of the
> art" in that field) has no legal utility in the United States, as those
> rights in question are not acknowledged by US copyright law or precedent.
>   
It is acknowledged in section 106A, but that seems to have been added 
more as a form of lip-service to international treaties.  At the same 
time US law seems to be at pains to make sure that it has no meaningful 
legal effect.

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