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ELCE11: Till Jaeger on AVM vs. CybitsELCE11: Till Jaeger on AVM vs. CybitsPosted Nov 14, 2011 0:49 UTC (Mon) by DHR (guest, #81356)In reply to: ELCE11: Till Jaeger on AVM vs. Cybits by ekj Parent article: ELCE11: Till Jaeger on AVM vs. Cybits
@ekj "Copyright does not prevent me from buying a single copy of Harry Potter, then creating a derived work by physically inserting (let's say I use glue) a new chapter at the end"
Actually, there is a part of copyright that just might prevent you from doing this: "moral rights". US copyright was forced to adopt the concept of moral rights when it signed onto the Berne Convention in the 1989. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights_%28copyright_la...
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ELCE11: Till Jaeger on AVM vs. Cybits Posted Dec 25, 2011 0:15 UTC (Sun) by steffen780 (guest, #68142) [Link]
Nobody has forced the US to do anything in a very long time. The US government signed this treaty voluntarily and then implemented it in national law. That's all. You may not like some or all of the requirements of the treaty, I certainly have plenty of problems with it, but to claim the Berne Convention is forcing the hands of the US government is simply incorrect. If the US govt hadn't liked the treaty it wouldn't have signed it. Take it up with your congressman or the local OWS chapter ;)
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