Subj : Out of the woodwork
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Alexey Vissarionov
Date : Thu Nov 08 2018 05:17 pm

Good ${greeting_time}, Sean!

08 Nov 2018 06:59:26, you wrote to BjФrn Felten:

 BF>> First of all: US copyright law does *not* apply outside of the USA.
 SD> You're right, it doesn't, however, you've never heard of the Berne
 SD> Convention then (of which all countries represented in this echo are
 SD> members of)?

You are referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention which 
states: "The Berne Convention formally mandated several aspects of modern 
copyright law; it introduced the concept that a copyright exists the moment a 
work is "fixed", rather than requiring registration. It also enforces a 
requirement that countries recognize copyrights held by the citizens of all 
other parties to the convention.".

However:
1. It applies only to literary and artistic works (so technical documentation 
isn't covered by it).
2. The article in English uses the word "copyright"; article in Russian uses 
"авторское право" (meaning the authorship itself, as opposed to plagiarism; it 
appears closer to German "Urheberrecht" and French "Droit d'auteur", than to 
copyright) - both appear to be correct, but... for different countries.

If necessary, I can serve as a principal author for the new FTS-0001 :-)


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