Propellerhead ReBirth

[Magnus Danielson]

>>>>> "SC" == Sean Costello <costello at seanet.com> writes:

 SC> Magnus Danielson wrote:
 >> Hmm... this just vaguely connects to building synths, but some of the
 >> issues about property rights is certainly a burning topic for some.
 >> Someone wanted to take over the right of the graphical layout that I
 >> had done from a handdraw schematic. This someone claimed that he had
 >> copyright over the schematic, but as things turned out he only had
 >> copyright over the schematic that was the inspiration for the
 >> schematic that I got. I got very sad about this story, but I refused
 >> to give up the right over the schematic layout (the artistic work)
 >> that I had done (in a open give-away spirit I might add, no money
 >> around anywhere for me).

 SC> Who did this?  Were the initials BH? If so, I could send you a scan of
 SC> the page where he talks about why he doesn't copyright his material
 SC> (circa 1977 or so).  Heck, I could even post it on my website.  What is
 SC> he going to do - force me to take it down? Let's see how THAT stands up
 SC> in court!  ;)

Well, I will stretch to say that it was the ASM-1 schematic (that I
take some pride in how they where done, read (and not view) the
Postscript files and you understand why) and I would love to see that
anti-copyright text...

 SC> Anyway, a drawing can be copyrighted; a schematic can't.  A circuit can
 SC> be patented, but there is nothing to prevent you from drawing a
 SC> schematic of that circuit and posting it (as far as copyright and patent
 SC> issues go; trade secrets may be another matter).  Posting someone's
 SC> copyrighted drawing can get you in trouble.  Posting a drawing that you
 SC> yourself made of a non-copyrighted drawing of a circuit that was
 SC> designed by someone besides the person who drew the drawing that was the
 SC> basis of the circuit you are copying, that was then drawn up by someone
 SC> else to get the actual drawing you are copying...um...my brain hurts...

Well, I said that it does hurt the brain...

BTW. Check out http://www.opensource.org/, I recommend the Halloween
Documents highly!

 SC> Sean Costello (who is busy learning about arrays in C, is up late doing
 SC> homework, has drank too much tea, and is feeling contentious)

Ah... that is fun stuff playing around (Sean, in case of trouble... I
don't mind if you drop a few lines on this).

Cheers,
Magnus (With a fresh cup of tea at hand)