False Copyright Claims

FreetoCopy writes "Teenagers downloading music may not be the worst copyright offenders. See this item (available for download in PDF file with free registration) about the growing problem of copyfraud — in which publishers, archives, and distributors make false claims of copyright to shut down free expression. From the paper: 'Copyfraud is everywhere. False copyright notices appear on modern reprints of Shakespeare's plays, Beethoven's piano scores, greeting card versions of Monet's Water Lilies, and even the US Constitution. Archives claim blanket copyright in everything in their collections. Vendors of microfilmed versions of historical newspapers assert copyright ownership. These false copyright claims, which are often accompanied by threatened litigation for reproducing a work without the owner's permission, result in users seeking licenses and paying fees to reproduce works that are free for everyone to use...'"

Comments

Hey!

[niceone]

That summary is copyright (c) Me 2007 - take it down now, or I'm sending the lawyers round!

No, you cannot have Fair Use. Not Yours.

[interactive_civilian]

Yeah? Well, unfortunately for you, the expressions "That summary is copyright" , "take it down now", and "I'm sending the lawyers round!" are all copyrighted to me in my famous poem "Sue You" (c) 2006:

Sue You
Take it down now
Take it down now
That summary is copright
Take it down now
I'll sue you if you don't
Take it down now
I'm sending the lawyers round!

Your overuse of my IP clearly falls outside the realm of Fair Use, so "take it down now!"

Re:No, you cannot have Fair Use. Not Yours.

[Eudial]

Oh yeah? I've patented the process of rebuttal wars in matters pertaining to copyright claims!

Re:No, you cannot have Fair Use. Not Yours.

[ZorinLynx]

Sorry to all of you, but I have a patent on being a smacktard. Pay up!

Re:No, you cannot have Fair Use. Not Yours.

[Anonymous Coward]

Sadly for you I copyrighted the vowel in 1999. I count well over 40 offenses in your previous post. Expect a letter from my lawyer.

Re:No, you cannot have Fair Use. Not Yours.

[Drgnkght]

Expect a letter from my lawyer. Can I have "O"?

Re:No, you cannot have Fair Use. Not Yours.

[Anonymous Coward]

So YOU are the reason people need to buy the vowels in wheel of fortune...

I fell for copyfraud on the US Constitution

[Anonymous Coward]

I paid money to the family of King John of England after they claimed it was work derived from something called the "Magna Carta." I think I may have been rooked.

Re:All over the place.

[Dachannien]

Remember when the Bush Camp tried to shut down Jib Jab over the copyright of "This land is my land?"

I think you're thinking of the Scientologists.

</sarcasm>

You mean...

[realkiwi]

... Shakespeare is dead?

How to pay

[mdsolar]

The works of the public domain are under my copyright. Please fax me a dollar for each use.
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Re:All over the place.

[Anonymous Coward]

The Bush Camp tried to shut down the Scientologists over the copyright of "This land is my land?"

Congratulations.

[Anonymous Coward]

You're a fucking filthy scalper. I'm sure your parents would be so proud.

Re:Speaking of 'ignorance is no excuse'...

[Qzukk]

s/sediment/sentiment/ Damn, and here I was thinking that the poster was attempting to evoke an image of people wading through the sludge of the legal system.