Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] [OT] Copyrights [was: Re: Behringer [was: Re: RME is no more]]
From: Ruth A. Kramer (rhkramer_AT_fast.net)
Date: Mon Nov 29 2004 - 05:19:19 EET
Tim Orford wrote:
> just to be clear, i'm making an esoteric distinction between the
> ownership of a copyright (which can be bought and sold), and the
> ownership of the "expression of an idea" itself.
I'm usually just a lurker, but I'm intrigued / interested enough to give
this a try, from two aspects:
First of all, I think trying to make a(n esoteric) distinction between
copyright and the expression of an idea is the wrong thing to try -- I
think maybe you intended to make a distinction between something that is
copyrighted (which is an expression of an idea) and an idea.
The expression of an idea can be copyrighted, the idea cannot.
(However, the idea might be subject to patenting.)
If you are trying to distinguish between a specific expression of an
idea and the general right to express the same idea, the specific
expression can be covered by copyright, but the general right to express
the same idea in different words (for example) is not restricted by
copyright.
IANAL, and this represents my best understanding.
regards,
Randy Kramer
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