AW: Stealing images from the galactic gauntlet zip file?

[Cyril Pruszko]

No, international copyright law is provided for by the Berne Convention of 1886. Most nations accept it. Among many of the exemptions and exclusions that were allowed is the use of copyrighted material for teaching. Fair use is a descendant of the Statute of Anne of 1709, enacted by Great Britain. It has since existed in common law but the US first officially recognized it in its copyright laws. Many other countries have since implemented laws regarding fair use.
But you are correct in that countries are free to define it as they want either more or less liberally. 

> From: toolbook at kestner.de
> To: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: AW: Stealing images from the galactic gauntlet zip file?
> Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 09:48:27 +0100
> 
> Sorry, but thats the "typical" US (best nation on earth) thinking.
> Copyright is always a national law, same as data privacy.
> 
> Sorry Cyril, this isn't meant personally, but I am soooo pissed off of the
> NSA and US government acting in Berlin and the world.
> 
> Tiemo
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im
> Auftrag
> > von Cyril Pruszko
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 1. November 2013 01:27
> > An: How to use LiveCode
> > Betreff: RE: Stealing images from the galactic gauntlet zip file?
> > 
> > This may help (bolding is mine):
> > Section 107 of the Copyright Act states:the fair use of a copyrighted
> work,
> > including such use by reproduction in copies or phono records or by any
> > other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism,
> > comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom
> > use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.In
> > determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a
> fair
> > use the factors to be considered shall include—the purpose and character
> of
> > the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for
> > nonprofit educational purposes;the nature of the copyrighted work; the
> > amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the
> > copyrighted work as a whole; and the effect of the use upon the potential
> > market for or value of the copyrighted work.Source: 17 USC Section 107.
> > Generally, using copyright materials is allowed in teaching situations.
> > Regards,
> > 
> > > Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 22:59:01 +0100
> > > From: m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com
> > > To: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> > > Subject: Re: Stealing images from the galactic gauntlet zip file?
> > >
> > > Hi Richmond,
> > >
> > > As far as I know, RunRev doesn't do difficult about his, but legally
> > > it is not OK. If no license is available, any authored work is
> > > automatically copyrighted.
> > >
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> > >
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> > > On 10/31/2013 20:21, Richmond wrote:
> > > > I want to "steal" some of the images from the galactic gauntlet zip
> > > > file to use in my up-coming Livecode classes starting in
> > > > mid-November.
> > > >
> > > > Is that OK?
> > > >
> > > > There seems to be no licence in the zip file.
> > > >
> > > > Richmond.
> > >
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