[free-sklyarov] re: Celebs

[xyz at kalifornia.com]

So, by Tom's explanation... By the rational that AUTHORS can copyright WORK
THEY CREATED, The Church could copyright all DNA being that they are (in
effect) Agents of God and have the authority over His work?

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Proof that not only is US law seriously flawed, but so is The Church.  Glad
I'm not Catholic.
</OFFTOPIC>

-D
> On Thur, Aug 16, 2001 at 12:39:49 +2700, Tom <tom at lemura.org> wrote:
> > sorry, but this is OBVIOUS bullshit. copyright law grants limited
> > rights to the AUTHORS for a WORK THEY CREATED. it's one of the few
> > cases where the law uses plain language. if at all, you could maybe
> > copyright your kids, but not yourself.
>
> How about "Copyright law grants unlimited rights to large corporations
>   so such corporations may exploit the creative work of others."
>
> Please give an example where an individual creator of a work
> (not copyright holder) has prevailed in copyright infringement action,
> say, in the last 30 years.
>
>
>
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