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Re: Copyright

This site of Brian's (see below) is an interesting site. I don't know if Jim's
query was to do with copyright & the Internet, but the site Brian referred to
makes the important but often mis-understood point that everything on the
Internet is copyright unless explicitly indicated.

Chasing 'image permissions' for astronomical images is the biggest bug-bear of
putting together our online courses. Except for some sites which give blanket
permission, we basically have to ask everyone. People are actually very
cooperative, with a few exceptions, but the 'owner' of an image can be very hard
to track down due to the number of sites (including university ones, whose
authors should really know better) who just scan & copy with no concern for
copyright.

We're putting together a History of Astronomy unit at present, and it's been the
most difficult in this respect, because there are sketches/painting
reproductions of historical astronomers & physicists everywhere on the Internet,
but few are legal in a copyright sense!

Cheers
Margaret


Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 15:28:35 -0600
From: brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>
Subject: Re: Copyright

This is a good starting place for copyright discussion.
I expect Jim has already visited

http://www.benedict.com/

It has garnered several awards.
Copyright now subsists from creation in US law.
If there is a commercial consideration- better to register.
Then need to defend.

Brian


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