Some Thoughts on Copyright

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Richard Weait <richard-gNTHUr35LhcAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>

| Back to quoting Stephen, On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 21:59 -0400, Stephen
| wrote:
| > Many people have the opinion that if they buy something, they have
| > the 
| > right to use what they buy in any way that they please.
| 
| I believe that to be true.  If I've paid you for the photo, you can't
| prevent me from setting fire to it.  Or whatever other lunatic plans I
| may have.  Setting fire to your creative work (if I've bought it!) does
| not infringe your copyright.  Obviously setting fire to your photo while
| you are still holding it is an entirely different set of laws to
| discuss.  

See "moral rights".  You do not have the right to do anything you
want.

Moral rights are kind of alien to us, but they came in with the Berne
convention.  Some time ago, for Canadians.  In the 1970's for
Americans.

The famous example in Canada is Michael Snow preventing the Eaton
Centre from tying Christmas bows around his geese sculptures.


DRM anti-circumvention legislation will render illegal another kind of use
of things you think you own.
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