Plenty of Scott Bonnar enthusiasts will rejoice and salivate when they see this. Believe me that this file will be duplicated many times and eventually turn up on other sites which is not what we really want is it ?
Is there a way to encrypt and stop duplication of this rarity from the ODK site ?
G'day
Mod BB and members
It's best that I respond to this as I see it.
Copyright, like trademarking, is a complex area.
I see this issue in
common-sense terms.
These things only become relevant
if someone makes a claim,
or
asserts copyright.
Generally, no claims will be asserted unless their is some
commercial
gain made from copyright infringement.
I do have a valid copyright claim to the
particular publication of the Kirby handbook.
This is independent of any claim to the actual information presented!
In other words, should my
particular pdf file be reproduced on another
website, then I have a legal claim to ask them to remove it. Should they possess
a separate original copy, and spend labour in scanning and presenting it, then
good luck to them. I have no legal claim to this same work. But someone else
might!
Thank the gods for the
public domain - so that information may be
honestly presented. Bad karma for those who exploit information
owned by others for profit.
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Jack
