Posted By: Harry Assenbach on: 12/15/2000 23:03:54 MSTSubject: RE: Dot Comedy premiere
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Posted By: Harry Assenbach on: 12/15/2000 23:03:54 MST Subject: RE: Dot Comedy premiere |
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The way I look at it is that any contributions by your visitors should be treated the same way letters to the editor are treated in a newspaper. Whether those are considered the property of the paper once they are published I don't know, but that was the parallel that popped in my head first. I would be more worried about the WalMart factor. The receipts themselves aren't copyrighted, but the name and logo are and could present a problem in a situation like this. The reason I bring it up is this: They sent me a release, because they want to talk about the receipt site on their show. Granted, I don't give a flying f*ck who talks about the receipt site, etc., but their release wants me to state that I'm the only owner of the comments on the receipt site (among other things). I lay no claims to the comments you people leave on the site. As you've noticed, I do reserve the right to edit stuff since you're working under my good graces, but do you Visitors think that your comments are my property? Nextly, how do you guys view internet art? Can participatory websites like this ever be considered to have ownership rights, can a copyright ever be enforced within a medium like this?
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