On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 04:14:13PM +1000, Adrian Colomitchi wrote:
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Adam Bolte <abolte@systemsaviour.com>wrote:
No it's not - or at least it certainly isn't always the case.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/07/23/0115242/copyright-drama-reaches-...
Reading through the discussion there, the general consensus seems to be that the copyright of 3D designs do not extend to the use of 3D-printed objects.
I wouldn't be so sure about it, Adam, it's not like the "crowd wisdom" can't be wrong (it's only 5 years or so since tens of millions on this planet was convinced that "the price of houses never go down").
True. At least if the masses disagree, stupid laws will be harder to push through.
To give you some examples for my reserved position: 1. the "sheet music" is still music and the *interpretation* of that music still be subject to the copyright laws, especially if played in public
Speaking of music... as far as the adaption of FDLed works is concerned, I'm not sure the invariant sections apply. The FDL talks about redistributing more than 100 Documents. I performance would arguably not count as redistributing anything. If music on a CD, the FDL wouldn't interfere since CDs could have a data track with text files (or include an insert in the cover) to include the license. Would have to re-read the entire thing in the context of the specific adaptions we can come up with. I also understand that a new version of the FDL is in the works. Perhaps we can write to the FSF to ask them to clarify what happens when FDL works are used in unintended ways, with a list of all the examples we can come up with? Since many FDL documents are likely licensed under "or any later version", this could solve a bunch of the concerns that have been raised - even if we do currently have some disagreement about it being a problem or not.
2. there exists things stranger than you think is this words. E.g. the Millau Viaduct was copyrighed *as design* by the architect (Lord Norman Foster) and still is. His lordship chose to grant *the management* of the intellectual property rights to the company that operates/maintains it<http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=26524091>. Now, you either use a browser with the Flash Payer installed, navigate to http://www.leviaducdemillau.com/en_index.php and, bottom of the page pick "Legale notice" to read it yourself, or you believe me when I'm saying that *this company is the sole legal entity that can grant the right for the use of the pictures of that bridge*.
Different jurisdictions surely have different copyright laws and interpretations too, so I'm not entirely surprised. Oh look - it's on Wikipedia under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license. ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct