While this is all pretty interesting, can we get back to the SUV's?
Just kidding.
Tom
> Hans van Veluwen wrote:
> >
> > : If the Olympus sales information book is copyrighted, then Oly can sue
> > : you and win simply because the use of the book is not authorized.
> >
> > There was no book. The Olympus Sales Information File was a blue binder
> > containing separate exchangeable data sheets for the various units of
the OM
> > System and some tabs for the OM-10 and the finder cameras. Neither the
> > binder itself nor any of the sheets contain any copyright message. It
was
> > just a dealer catalogue to support commerce just as the e-SIF is a user
> > catalogue. The only pictures in the SIF are unauthorized product
pictures of
> > the various units.
> >
> > I also used some product pictures from the OM System Lens Handbook.
[...]
>
> No explicit copyright notice is required in countries following the
> Berne Convention, which was signed by most of the world decades ago
> and the USA around 1990.
>
> From what I've seen, Olympus could slam Hans for using their logos and
> trademarks and pictures, and insist he wipe such stuff from the site.
> Given the context, I rather doubt they would, but it is best for both
> scholarly and legal reasons to include acknowledgements of trademarks
> and picture sources.
>
> As a contrary example, where there are better claims of current
> economic interest to defend, you can read at
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/06/06/189226&mode=thread
>
> how Fuji TV recently ordered several fansites of their Iron Chef show
> to not only wipe all copyrighted material but also post a public
> apology. Chop chop chop.
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