Re: copyright
- From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: copyright
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:00:38 -0600 (CST)
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Rod Hay wrote:
> I stand corrected. I didn't know that it was such a big deal. I had heard about
> the movies being copied, but not the books.
>
> Rod Hay
>
One of the biggest examples about the movies was the release of underground
copies of The Hunchback of Notre Dame before it ever hit the theaters.
I recall a response that trademarked "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and forced
some plastic model company to change the name of a model that had been on
sale since the 1950's. . . .
I never changed the name of our Project Gutenberg Etext:
Apr 2001 Notre-Dame de Paris, by Victor Hugo [V. Hugo#3][hbackxxx.xxx]2610
Apr 2001 The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo [VH#3][hbackxxx.xxx]2610
And no one has ever bothered me about it.
Thanks!
So nice to hear from you!
Michael S. Hart
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