Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Aug 11 2004
Copyright: Trying To Do The Right Thing Is Tough Sometimes
A few years I bought a box of Christmas cards that were produced by a well-known card company. I loved the design and wanted to send more later, so I saved one card and sent them the design number and asked them to please continue to produce the card. I got back a very polite note telling me they had no plans to do so. They still own the copyright, of course, so I'm not legally free to reproduce the cards on my own. I would happily buy boxes of the cards from them if they would only print more for me to purchase. I have also run into this same sort of issue with music publishing companies, including companies that are no longer in business. How does one obtain permission to use or duplicate materials in these situations? Are these goodies just lost to all of us forever?
Perhaps not. Check out Kahle v. Ashcroft, and tell them your own stories of difficulty obtaining permission to copy, distribute or otherwise use copyrighted material. They are thankfully working to free up some of these gray areas.
posted at: 10:03 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
A few years I bought a box of Christmas cards that were produced by a well-known card company. I loved the design and wanted to send more later, so I saved one card and sent them the design number and asked them to please continue to produce the card. I got back a very polite note telling me they had no plans to do so. They still own the copyright, of course, so I'm not legally free to reproduce the cards on my own. I would happily buy boxes of the cards from them if they would only print more for me to purchase. I have also run into this same sort of issue with music publishing companies, including companies that are no longer in business. How does one obtain permission to use or duplicate materials in these situations? Are these goodies just lost to all of us forever?
Perhaps not. Check out Kahle v. Ashcroft, and tell them your own stories of difficulty obtaining permission to copy, distribute or otherwise use copyrighted material. They are thankfully working to free up some of these gray areas.
posted at: 10:03 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
Pay Attention To These Good People
Mamamontezz says we should all pay some attention to Keystone Military News and the good works they are reporting, and since we don't want to get on the bad side of Mamamontezz, we will do what she says, won't we? Mama and I aren't always in the same political corral on everything, but we both care a lot, and that makes us blog sisters of a sort. She packs a lot more heat than I do though.
posted at: 08:09 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
Mamamontezz says we should all pay some attention to Keystone Military News and the good works they are reporting, and since we don't want to get on the bad side of Mamamontezz, we will do what she says, won't we? Mama and I aren't always in the same political corral on everything, but we both care a lot, and that makes us blog sisters of a sort. She packs a lot more heat than I do though.
posted at: 08:09 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
