[Coco] Copyright

[Aaron Banerjee]

I never realized copyright infringement could be a federal crime.   
That's a tougher punishment than patent infringement.  If I recall  
properly (which I might not), a patent allows the patent holder to  
prevent others from making, using, or selling that which was  
patented.  It's up to the patent holder to:  (a) realize infringers  
exist, (b) find them, and (c) sue them.  It would be a civil matter.
            - Aaron

On Jan 13, 2011, at 9:14 PM, Steve Bjork wrote:

> Sorry Luis, but you don't understand copyright law.
>
> Once something is copyrighted, it does not fall out of copyright for  
> a long long time.
> And Beatles songs can not be used freely.  They are protect under  
> copyright law.
>
> As a programmer for almost 40 years, I have written a tons of  
> software with most of it having a copyright on it.
> I also have to protected my future code by fighting to keep my  
> rights on past software safe.  This includes my CoCo software.
>
> To make this point clear,  all CoCo that I worked and was sold for  
> the CoCo is still under copyright protection.  Anyone selling or  
> disturbing my CoCo software without a license is breaking the law.   
> Please note ....
>
> *It's always at least a civil matter (a tort). 17 U.S.C. 501(b)  
> details
> the mechanisms by which an owner of a copyright may file a civil suit,
> and 28 U.S.C. 1338 expressly refers to civil actions arising under the
> copyright act.
>
> However, under certain circumstances, it may also be a federal  
> crime. A
> copyright infringement is subject to criminal prosecution if  
> infringement
> is willful and for purposes of commercial advantage or private  
> financial
> gain. 17 U.S.C. 506(a). If the offense consists of the reproduction or
> distribution, during any 180-day period, of 10 or more copies having a
> retail value of more than $2,500, the offense is a felony;  
> otherwise, the
> offense is a misdemeanor. 18 U.S.C. 2319.
>
> As a side note, although 18 U.S.C. 2319 purports to prescribe the
> penalties for criminal infringement, all crimes covered by Title 18  
> have
> their penalties determined by the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, another
> part of Title 18.*
>
> Steve Bjork
> SRB Software
>
> On 1/13/2011 2:22 PM, Luis Fernández wrote:
>> Even the music of the Beatles and is free from copyright
>> and can be used freely, and that is not how many years pass
>>
>> When things coco  release, free?
>
>
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