Re: [dvd-discuss] Rhapsody in Blue and the death of Jazz

["D. C. Sessions" <dcs(at)lumbercartel.com>]

On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 15:56, microlenz@earthlink.net wrote:

> Look at the Scientology cases and tell me if copyright is not being used to 
> stifle speech because it is critical. Copyright MUST be subjugated to the needs 
> of the First Amendment. One cannot have freedom of speech if anything one 
> writes, copies, parodies gets one slapped with a copyright infringement suit. 
> That's a chilling effect.
> 
> (BTW look at the Scientology cases. They are claiming copyright protection for 
> things that are written but NOT published (i.e., made available to the 
> public.). At best they should be "trade secrets")

That's a pretty-much unavoidable consequence of automatic
copyright without registration for unpublished works.  I
can claim, and produce on demand, works that you are
infringing.  I could even produce an earlier copy of the
message above.

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|  the strength to change the things I cannot accept, and the   |
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