Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:02:43 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Dennis Olvany <dennisolvany@gmail.com> Cc: David Hoffman <zionicman@gmail.com>, freebsd-user-groups@freebsd.org, thisdayislong <thisdayislong@gmail.com>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, ingrid@cityscope.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Serious breach of copyright -- First post Message-ID: <86odwputto.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <449691D9.4020704@gmail.com> (Dennis Olvany's message of "Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:00:25 -0500") References: <e8b564e30606181649x7fa8f319x74138b673364f73f@mail.gmail.com> <f5b151550606181732x7562ce6fg1bb4f3baa5124716@mail.gmail.com> <e8b564e30606181738q4ac258c4ye96186ec2c30cb43@mail.gmail.com> <e8b564e30606181741u1a2e966fw513d49fadc369935@mail.gmail.com> <4495F9A1.8040407@gmail.com> <867j3dwjq3.fsf@xps.des.no> <449691D9.4020704@gmail.com>
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Dennis Olvany <dennisolvany@gmail.com> writes: > The concept of a fact obviously may not be copyrighted because it is=20 > merely a concept. Barring descriptive literary devices, the facts may be= =20 > copied at will in their expressed form. A photo, being a descriptive=20 > device, is copyrightable. Considering the example of the Haynes manual,=20 > I can extract factual information --such as a starter change procedure--= =20 > from the manual word-for-word and use it. No, you can't. Don't take my word for it; ask a lawyer. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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