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Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?
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John Hasler |
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Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses? |
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Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:45:22 -0500 |
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I wrote:
> The USA has no such statutory requirement (I assume that by "signature"
> you mean an autograph signature. One can make a legally-binding
> commitment without putting pen to paper.)
Tim Smith writes:
> Well, what do you think "a written instrument signed by the owner of the
> rights licensed", which is how the statute phrases it, means?
Here is 204 (a) in its entirety:
(a) A transfer of copyright ownership, other than by operation of law, is
not valid unless an instrument of conveyance, or a note or memorandum
of the transfer, is in writing and signed by the owner of the rights
conveyed or such owner's duly authorized agent.
Thus the requirement for a written instrument is for transfer of ownership
of rights, not licensing. In any case, "in writing and signed" does not
mean pen and ink under US law.
--
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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