On Tue, 2 Mar 2010, Marcello Perathoner wrote:
Greg Weeks wrote:
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010, Marcello Perathoner wrote:
We are talking about files that are sitting in some queue on a DP server. The DP server is not publicly accessible: It asks for a password. Taking a file out of a password-protected site and making it public without the site owner's permission is illegal. It is irrelevant if the file contains PD material or not.
I suspect that wouldn't fly in the US. There's no restriction on getting an account, so it's likely there was no trespass. Maybe a TOS violation, but I don't think there's anything preventing this in the DP TOS, and I don't think there should be in general. Even if it does sometimes irritate me.
That would very well fly. I don't believe the DP TOS allow you to take a file out and publish it on your own. And if they allow that, I don't understand all the fuss they are making against a PG preprint distribution.
It's generally been admitted that they can't stop it. It's if it should be officially sanctioned or not.
Oh, and all those signs that say you can't take any pictures in US. museums, don't they fly?
Only to the extent that if they ask you to leave and if you don't comply you are trespassing. They cannot make you delete any pictures you've taken. They can't stop you from doing anything with the picture you want if the art doesn't currently have a copyright. -- Greg Weeks http://durendal.org:8080/greg/