On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:03:15 +0100 MJ Ray wrote: > Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it> wrote: > > On Thu, 28 May 2009 14:11:29 -0700 (PDT) Ken Arromdee wrote: > > > In the US and some other places, bitmap fonts can't be copyrighted. You can > > > make a free bitmap font by rendering a non-free font at a particular size. > > > > Interesting: could you point me at the specific article that states > > this rule in http://www.copyright.gov/title17/ ? > > Like the UK, US law can be created by case law deciding any grey areas > and not only rules stated in legislation. Yes, I know, but sometimes I fail to take it into account... :p Thanks for reminding me! :-) > That may have happened here > and then it wouldn't appear in that document. I don't know. OK, let's rephrase my question in a better, more precise, form: could someone point me at the specific article that states this rule in http://www.copyright.gov/title17/ or to the specific court decision that created this rule? > > > Anyway, even assuming that those bitmap fonts are DFSG-free in the US > > and "some other places", what about other jurisdictions? > > I think that the Berne Convention Article 7 part (8) > http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/7.html > exports the US zero protection duration in this case. This is useful, thanks for pointing my attention at this Berne Convention article! > > We can't rely on US Fair Use because Article 10 (2) allows national > law to vary it in each country. Yes, this makes sense. > > IANAL and I could be wrong about this, so would welcome correction. As usual, thanks for your useful contribution! -- New location for my website! Update your bookmarks! http://www.inventati.org/frx ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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