Carlo
 | Re: Schematics & Copyrights
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"Title 17, U.S.C., Section 102(b) sez: "in no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work."
This is a little difficult to understand but one U.S. Court described it thusly: "The use of the art is a totally different thing from a publication of the book explaining it."" |
quote:
"A defense against copyright infringement is often "fair use". Section 107 of the US Code says "the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords 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."" |
Seems that a biography or an educational book or paper (history of amp designs) on the man and his amps may be a legal option. It also seems that under such circumstances, an analysis of the circuits would be legal with regards to "fair use". |
11/2/1999 11:44 PM