Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 12/4/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:

> > >>I claim intellectual property in it, and they would have to negotiate
> > a licence to use it or any deriative work based on it, such as a picture
> > of me.
> >
> > This is an unreasonable claim. Nobody can take a picture of a public
> > street you're in unless they have your permission?
>
> Sure they can. But it's their responsibilty to ensure that in doing so,
> they don't infringe anyone's copyright.

Hey, I want to copyright my street - can you provide a howto? Does it
cover your whole block or just your front yard and house?

> Hey - Microsoft is keen to enforce their own copyrights. I'm just asking
> them to respect mine.

Without intellectual property rights what would our world look like
right now? Even the opensource community has copyrights... (or do they
call them copylefts?)
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