Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 23:06:56 -0600 From: "Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona@home.com> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <20010306230656.C25247@marx.marvic.chum> In-Reply-To: <018701c0a67d$0b332d40$7c4cf9d1@geeksparadise.com>; from davids@webmaster.com on Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 12:23:25PM -0800 References: <20010305200017.D80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305123951.04604b20@localhost> <20010305205030.G80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305125259.00cfdae0@localhost> <20010305142108.A17269@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011342.045fb360@localhost> <20010306081025.A22143@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306092612.00b79f00@localhost> <20010306174618.N32515@lpt.ens.fr> <018701c0a67d$0b332d40$7c4cf9d1@geeksparadise.com>
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On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 12:23:25PM -0800, David Schwartz wrote:
> I view this as an extremely positive change, reminiscent of other legal
> changes where laws ultimately designed to use the individual for the benefit
> of society are gradually changed to protect the rights of individuals
> instead. Unfortunately, the original basis of intellectual property law in
> the United States was to exploit the mental productivity of individuals to
> serve the ends of others. It is gradually changing to reflect the fact that
> if I create something, I am morally entitled to set the terms by which
> anyone else may use it. That is, you are not somehow entitled to the free
> use of the end results of my labor.
That would be fine and dandy if you owned the rights to all of your
creative works. Unfortunately, there is the "work for hire" clause in
employment contracts. Corporations get to decide how the results of your
creative labor is used. In fact, they can sue you for using those
results after you have left the company.
-v
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