Fwd: Serious breach of copyright -- First post

Dag-Erling Smørgrav des at des.no
Mon Jun 19 14:02:49 UTC 2006


Dennis Olvany <dennisolvany at gmail.com> writes:
> The concept of a fact obviously may not be copyrighted because it is 
> merely a concept. Barring descriptive literary devices, the facts may be 
> copied at will in their expressed form. A photo, being a descriptive 
> device, is copyrightable. Considering the example of the Haynes manual, 
> I can extract factual information --such as a starter change procedure-- 
> from the manual word-for-word and use it.

No, you can't.  Don't take my word for it; ask a lawyer.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des at des.no


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