okie doke. Joe you deceived me!
KS
On 17/12/2007, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The USA was a very late signatory to the Berne Convention. Both
> Dickens and Wilde used to moan about US piracy back in the day. Ah, so
> different now, with the USA trying to hunt and destroy fair use and
> the public domain.
>
> See here for a full list of signatories:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_party_to_the_Berne_Convention
>
> Mexico is a signatory of the Berne Convention, and has been for a very
> long time.
>
> The copyright thief du jour is China. My last company had it's
> software ripped off by Chinese companies on more than one occassion.
>
> Roger
>
> On Dec 17, 2007 11:30 AM, Martin Dolan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Kasper
> >
> > You may have to watch out for Australians for many reasons, but not
> > about international copyright. I don't know where Joe got his
> > information from, but Australia is a signatory to the Berne Convention
> > and the UCC - as well as the Kyoto Protocol, finally...
> >
> > Martin
> >
> >
> > > oh my. have to watch our for Mexicans & Australians too it seems.
> > > well, fingers crossed.
> > > thanks joe
> > >
> > > KS
> > >
> > > On 17/12/2007, joe green <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> The convention signed only by:
> > >>
> > >> Belgium 28 July 1971 Brazil 24 July 1971 Costa Rica 24 July 1971 Denmark 24
> > >> July 1971 Finland 12 November 1971 France 24 July 1971 Germany (Federal
> > >> Republic of) 24 July 1971 Guatemala 24 July 1971 Holy See 24 July
> > >> 1971Hungary 24
> > >> July 1971 India 24 July 1971 Israel 24 July 1971 Italy 24 July 1971 Japan 22
> > >> October 1971 Netherlands 24 July 1971 Norway 20 November 1971 Spain 24 July
> > >> 1971 Sweden 24 July 1971 Switzerland 24 July 1971 Tunisia 24 July
> > >> 1971United Kingdom 24
> > >> July 1971 United States of America 24 July 1971 Yugoslavia 24 July 1971
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Dec 16, 2007 6:07 PM, joe green <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> See http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl100.html
> > >>>
> > >>> Sadly, not matter what you, do some guys in Beijing just might rip you off
> > >>> and you won't get a yen.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Dec 16, 2007 8:31 AM, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> also, the collection will be published through lulu & distributed
> > >>>> through the internet, so I'm not sure which country's copyright laws
> > >>>> come into play?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> KS
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On 16/12/2007, MC Ward < [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Kasper wrote: "what do you think, how important is a
> > >>>>> purchased copyright? absolutely necessary? optional?
> > >>>>> not worth the trouble?"
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> K:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> In the US, copyright exists as soon as a piece of work
> > >>>>> is in tangible form, i.e., written down in the case of
> > >>>>> poetry. Copyright may then be registered (usually by
> > >>>>> publishers on authors' behalf, but sometimes by
> > >>>>> authors themselves), but registration isn't necessary
> > >>>>> for copyright to be legal. In your case, and depending
> > >>>>> on the laws in Finland, simply affixing a copyright
> > >>>>> notice to the book would probably be enough to assert
> > >>>>> your rights and ensure their legal protection.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> For another view of the Web publishing biz, see
> > >>>>> "Crossover Dreams: Turning Free Web Work Into Real
> > >>>>> Book Sales"
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/books/13webbook.html?8bu&emc=bu>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Candice
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> ____________________________________________________________________________________
> > >>>>
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> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> --
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> > >> The Pleasant Reviewer
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> > >>
> > >> Switchboard Captain, Hollywood Colonial Hotel
> > >>
> > >> All complaints shall be directed to:
> > >>
> > >> Camelopard Breathwaite
> > >> The Fallows, 200 Fifth Avenue, Fredonia City
> > >>
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> > >>
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> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
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