On Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:58:31 -0700, johncw@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Chris Reik wrote:
>
> >Maybe I'm missing something here, but how the hell can you
> >copyright a building?
The Pebble Beach Company [or whoever in the fairying forest they are] think
you can own every possible image of this one cedar tree growing on a bluff.
> Think about it, it just doesn't make sense.
At least the cedar tree is on private property. But anyone in a car is
allowed to pay $5.00 [US] to drive by and or stop. Sounds like a shrink-wrap
license to me.
> >Besides, any picture you take and develop is automatically
> >copyrighted to yourself. So just thumb your nose at them and
> >take their picture.
>
> You can't.
Depends on who has more money to pay for lawyers. Please remember that we
live by the golden rule: them who has the gold makes the rules.
> Dirk Wright: I did exagerate on San Quentin and Leavenworth, maybe it was
> Sing Sing! Also, I can't name a single court case off-hand.
>
> John Hudson: I agree.
Bet that the Curry Company would copyright any and every image of El Capitan
[big rock formation in Yosemite National Park -- the Curry Company has held
the franchise to everything in the park for as long as it has been extant] if
they could.
> All: Have a great weekend and a safe one. I am not what you call a super
> patriot, but remember why we celebrate.
Yeah, we kicked British ass because of a lousy THREE PERCENT tax on tea and
the gun-grabbing that happened in return.
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