Copyright and violation (sorry) ( was [Sca-cooks] COPYING The secrets of the . . . )

[Nick Sasso]

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> > > Distributing the text (rather than the formatted files) is not a
> > violation
> > > of copyright. It is only when you distribute someone else's work
> > (and
> > > their work is the effort required to photograph & digitize the
> > material),
> > > that you run into trouble. :)
> >
> > This is one of the oft lost or misunderstood pieces in dicussing
> > copyrights amongst scholars.  For example, Scully's translations
and
> > interpretations are copyrighted, BUT the actual text that he has
> > transcribed is not protected.  The original text, unmodified is not
his
> > to copyright.  ANY other part that he adds, translates or describes
is
> > his material to protect.
>
> Exactly. However, it has been ruled that the work of digitally
> photographing the item is adding value... thus the format change
itself is
> the part that is copyrighted. :)
>

I think I missed something.  This sounds like the same thing you said
before.  I do not want to miss it if there was another point you added
and it went past me.  This is a valuable topic, possibly, for some who
have not been down the road before?

niccolo