Attention all sh*thouse lawyers!
Copyright is clearly defined legally as pertaining to or covering "published" works of intellectual property...
To wit:
"Copyright law defines “publication” as the distribution of copies of a work to
the public by sale or other transfer of ownership or by rental, lease, or lending.
Offering to distribute copies to a group of people for purposes of further distribution
or public display also constitutes publication. A public display does not
in itself constitute publication.A work of art that exists in only one copy, such as a painting or a statue, is
not regarded as published when the single existing copy is sold or offered for
sale in the traditional way, such as through an art dealer, gallery, or auction
house. A statue erected in a public place is not necessarily published.
When the work is reproduced in multiple copies, such as in reproductions of
a painting or castings of a statue, the work is published when the reproductions
are publicly distributed or offered to a group for further distribution or public
display.
Before engaging in Byzantine discussions vis-a-vis the subject above... one needs to make sure one understands what is and is not "copyright-worthy"...
Just food for thought...
G.
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