Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 00:54:40 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> Cc: <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010307005038.04719e10@localhost> In-Reply-To: <011801c0a6bc$3c439b60$7c4cf9d1@geeksparadise.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011342.045fb360@localhost> <Pine.OSF.4.30.0103040637000.3518-100000@student.uq.edu.au> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305004222.00cfe2a0@localhost> <20010305134937.K80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305114235.046da630@localhost> <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> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306092612.00b79f00@localhost> <15013.13530.718675.101675@guru.mired.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306174928.00d45220@localhost>
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At 09:08 PM 3/6/2001, David Schwartz wrote: > I'm not sure what you're referring to, and I'm not sure it's >particularly relevant to this thread. But most of the efforts I've seen to >preserve authors "moral rights" have been attempts to limit author's ability >to assign rights to their work. This is not generally true. However, there are a few rights which are, under the Berne Convention, considered to be "inalienable." Any contract which gives those rights away is per se unconscionable. This principle is common in many areas -- not just intellectual property law. For example, most jurisdictions make certain onerous terms that landlords try to slip into leases unenforceable because they're unconscionable. And that's a good thing, IMHO. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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