One last bit...
Newsarama posted an in-depth article on the subject of Mark Waid, digital distribution, and filesharing (or "stealing" if you prefer.)
Here: http://www.newsarama.com/comics/comic-book-piracy-100903.html
It's a lengthy article, but worth reading.
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Topic: The Orb Saga has been uploaded
(49 messages)
Kneon
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Message 46 -
2010-09-03 at 23:28:47
Cacou
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Message 47 -
2010-09-05 at 20:11:44
(Off-topic message, will be the last one from me here!)
Quote from user: GeoXQuote from user: cacouHowever, in France, it's illegal to publish a photograph of the Eiffel Tower at night (because the Eiffel Tower's lights are a copyrighted piece of art), or of your own house, if the architect died less than 70 years ago.
Is that true? That's crazy.
This is from Wikipedia (CCA):
The tower and its representations have long been in the public domain; however, a French court ruled, in March 1992, that the night-time light display is protected under copyright, except in a panoramic view. SNTE (Société nouvelle d'exploitation de la tour Eiffel) installed a special lighting display on the tower in 1989, for the tower's 100th anniversary. The Court of Cassation, France's judicial court of last resort, decided that the display was an "original visual creation" protected by copyright.[49] Since then, the SNTE considers any night-time image of the lighting display under copyright. As a result, it is no longer legal to publish contemporary photographs of the tower at night without permission in France and some other countries.
Regarding the last statement, I only found: http://www.economag.com/archives/41 (in French).
Quote from user: GeoXQuote from user: cacouHowever, in France, it's illegal to publish a photograph of the Eiffel Tower at night (because the Eiffel Tower's lights are a copyrighted piece of art), or of your own house, if the architect died less than 70 years ago.
Is that true? That's crazy.
This is from Wikipedia (CCA):
The tower and its representations have long been in the public domain; however, a French court ruled, in March 1992, that the night-time light display is protected under copyright, except in a panoramic view. SNTE (Société nouvelle d'exploitation de la tour Eiffel) installed a special lighting display on the tower in 1989, for the tower's 100th anniversary. The Court of Cassation, France's judicial court of last resort, decided that the display was an "original visual creation" protected by copyright.[49] Since then, the SNTE considers any night-time image of the lighting display under copyright. As a result, it is no longer legal to publish contemporary photographs of the tower at night without permission in France and some other countries.
Regarding the last statement, I only found: http://www.economag.com/archives/41 (in French).
GeoX
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Message 48 -
2010-09-05 at 21:20:40
It's not that I didn't believe you; I just thought--and still think!--that that's fairly nutty.
Cacou
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Message 49 -
2010-09-06 at 11:11:37
Quote from user: GeoXIt's not that I didn't believe you; I just thought--and still think!--that that's fairly nutty.
Yep, these extreme cases show that counterfeiting is essentially different from stealing physical things. Of course I don't mean that copy-rights should be abolished or that distributing complete collections of comics online is morally right either.
Yep, these extreme cases show that counterfeiting is essentially different from stealing physical things. Of course I don't mean that copy-rights should be abolished or that distributing complete collections of comics online is morally right either.