19 Mar
2008
19 Mar
'08
7:06 p.m.
>"The purpose of the internet is for the free
sharing and exchange of other
>people's intellectual property." ?
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008, M H Stein wrote:
I wouldn't call a scan or photocopy of a manual
"intellectual property."
I'd be interested in hearing more of your definition of "intellectual
property". It seems to be different from that used by the USA legal
system, in which a copyrighted manual IS an embodiment of intellectual
property, as is any reproduction, particularly scan or photocopy.
How about:
"One of the goals of the Classic Computer community is the preservation
and free sharing and exchange of documentation and media related to
obsolete computer systems, with the assumed or explicit permission of
the original owner of the intellectual property."
Sounds good.
"There is even some stuff on the internet besides pornography!"