COURT: RIAA CAN'T HAVE NAMES OF DOWNLOADERS

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[bvw]

That is not a particualrly good dictionary. The problem with dictionaries, you see, is the meets and bounds of intellectual property. You particualr dictionary must be overcautious, cowering even, in fear of "infringing" on another owner's definition of a word. There it is, your theory of copyright, carried to its extreme in all logic.

That is, each dictionary publisher must invent his own unique meanings of a word so as not to infringe on the definitions of another. And so, your own dictionary must have done!

Good jolly fellow you are, sport! A consistent man in all your effects!

[John Robertson]

As I told someone else on this thread: If you were half as clever as you thought you were, you'd be twice as clever as your friends wish you were.

Have I infringed on myself?

[honeygrl]

"Have I infringed on myself?"

No, but at least half the people on this thread think you are a dimwit.

[John Robertson]

You disappoint me, Honeygirl. I've always liked your posts. We did some serious back-and-forthing (which was enjoyable and stimulating, I thought), I saw we weren't getting anywhere, so I called a stop, with this:

"We agree to disagree. Merry Christmas, a healthy and Happy New Year."

And you come back with the name calling. I can survive it, but I sincerely wish you'd give it a thought or two.

Same holiday wishes as above.

[TheFrog]

Ah but lets remember there were those who sought to have the photocopy machine, the VHS recorder, CD Recorder and DVD Recorder made illegal.

[TheFrog]

Re"So you are trying to say that because I didnt record the program off the TV, then sought it out on the internet, downloaded it, and then purchased it I committed a crime?" Exacty!

[TheFrog]

Re: "So why wouldn't a private home recording from a website that I have the right to view not OK? What makes TV information different from web information?" The payment of royalties, under Title 17 of US Code.

[mylife]

Im a BAaaaaad Boy! ;^)

[TheFrog]

"Well, either your law professors have somehow cleared it"

Sec. 107. - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.

"As for actual case law not being copyrightable"

Sec. 102. - Subject matter of copyright: In general
(a)
Copyright protection subsists, in accordance with this title, in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. Works of authorship include the following categories:
(1)
literary works;
(2)
musical works, including any accompanying words;
(3)
dramatic works, including any accompanying music;
(4)
pantomimes and choreographic works;
(5)
pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works;
(6)
motion pictures and other audiovisual works;
(7)
sound recordings; and
(8)
architectural works.
(b)
In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work

[TheFrog]

RE:"I was infact wondering earlier if a chord could be considered intellectual property" No

[mylife]

Not one to mince words are you Frog? ;^)