Re:[EXPERIMENT] I attached a file to a tweet
by cyanbane on Sunday January 22, 2012 @11:31PM
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Interesting (IANAL). So what is the legal distinction, persistence? I read recently that the MLK "I Have a Dream" Speech was copy-written. I assume the difference in persistence comes from the delta between if I go up to the front of an auditorium and read the speech vs if I record that speech to an auditorium and redistribute it. Twitter would be an archive-able public medium is that where its usage as a medium gets moved to illegal?
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Re:[EXPERIMENT] I attached a file to a tweet
by icebraining on Sunday January 22, 2012 @11:38PM
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No, there's no distinction, going up to the front of an auditorium and reading the speech is copyright infringement too. According to the law, that speech is not protected free speech.
(by the way, sorry, nitpick: copywritten → copyrighted)