On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 18:59 -0700, Jason Spatafore wrote:

> Just keep in mind that original copyright law was designed to prevent somebody 
> from stealing your work and claiming it as their own. (Such as me doing a 
> rendition of Riverdance and saying that I created the dances, music, etc.) It 
> was not originally designed to prevent me from performing Riverdance while 
> stating in absolute fact that you, indeed, created what I was about to 
> perform.

United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8: to promote the
progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to
authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings
and discoveries;

This says nothing about making sure you don't get cheated out of fame,
but rather it recognizes that you have exclusive rights to your works,
including the right to charge for use and set specific requirements for
use.

Daniel

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