Comment Re:Scary? Nah, they're just FOMITEs (Score 1) 401
FOMITE = Frustrated Overworked Museum Intern Terminally Enraged
[Yes, we know that you think that all this legalese is completely ridiculous, and we think so too. . .if you know of a better, simpler "legally correct" way, do tell us how!]
TOS is worth a look if only for the above link ("ridiculous") to Jonathan Zettrain's 'The Copyright Cage' in August 2003 legalaffairs newsletter. It is an outstanding overview of the present sorry state of copyright legislation/litigation/adjudication. Citing Zettrain leads me to believe that the CPRR Museum TOS is a museum curator's equivalent of a primal scream.
I have cut/pasted/printed the TOS (all 63 pages) and will send it along with copy of Zettrain's article to members of Tennessee Congressional delegation. Probably futile as they have been bought, wrapped, and delivered to the recording industry.
Tennessee Congresspersons can be bought for a song - literally. A 'star' and a guitar in a congressional office buys more than a bucket of cash - and they don't have to report it to the Election Commission. Copyright reform? Not with a Tennessean calling the tunes in the Senate.
[Yes, we know that you think that all this legalese is completely ridiculous, and we think so too. .
TOS is worth a look if only for the above link ("ridiculous") to Jonathan Zettrain's 'The Copyright Cage' in August 2003 legalaffairs newsletter. It is an outstanding overview of the present sorry state of copyright legislation/litigation/adjudication. Citing Zettrain leads me to believe that the CPRR Museum TOS is a museum curator's equivalent of a primal scream.
I have cut/pasted/printed the TOS (all 63 pages) and will send it along with copy of Zettrain's article to members of Tennessee Congressional delegation. Probably futile as they have been bought, wrapped, and delivered to the recording industry.
Tennessee Congresspersons can be bought for a song - literally. A 'star' and a guitar in a congressional office buys more than a bucket of cash - and they don't have to report it to the Election Commission. Copyright reform? Not with a Tennessean calling the tunes in the Senate.
