paul wrote: > > if "observing earth satellites" is out of > print, then why don't we (seesat community) > scan it into a .pdf file and make it available > on seesat web site, > or is it copyright violation to copy an out > of print book ?? Yes, up to a certain number of years after the work was produced and/or the date the author died. > is copyright worldwide? Pretty much. I have a vague memory that there were a few exceptions from the international convention a few years ago, e.g., Albania perhaps, but I'd be surprised if they're not covered now. > if it was copyrighted, > eg, in UK, is it copyrighted in US or FR ?? This is a meaningless question as you don't have to do anything to "copyright" some work so you can't do it in or for a particular country. Appropriate works are automatically copyrighted. Copyrights are quite different from patents in this respect. > somewhat like a bar exam, although copyright/patent > law is not on the test as it's a post_law_school > discipline (in US). It's worth mentioning that I have no formal knowledge of the subject but, as a freelance programmer, have taken an interest in any snippets of information which have come my way. In particular, I did discuss the matter in some detail with a patent lawyer quite a few years ago. If anybody knows a good layman's book on IP law I'd be interested to hear. (Don't scan it and send me a copy, though :-). ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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