Jumhuriyat al-Andalus
03-06-2004, 10:20
Copyright Protection
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.
Category: Free Trade Strength: Significant Proposed by: Jumhuriyat al-Andalus
Description: Wherefore the Public Domain resolution passed on 31 May, 2004 is overly vague in part, failing to define the parameters of the proposed "public domain" and in fact simply overlapping the already extant concept of public domain in many member nations;
and elsewhere destroys the vested interest of programmers to the rights of their labor and creative endeavors;
Therefore we, the United Nations and all member nations, hereby resolve the following:
1) REPEAL (4) of the Public Domain Resolution, which states: "Works pass into the public domain when...4) it is deemed 'freeware' or 'shareware.'"
2) RECOGNITION that the concepts of "freeware," "shareware," and "open license" do not negate the copyright or patent rights of the person or persons responsible for the software; further all member nations recognize that allowing the free use of a program or coding is nothing more than the granting of a license, without actually transferring or giving up the creator's right to the license.
3) THE PUBLIC DOMAIN is to be recognized as all works to which no one owns the copyright, whether by voluntary relinquishment or because the statutory copyright protection period has passed; furthermore, that the invididual nations of the United Nations are free to create their own copyright term limits, and that the other nations shall respect the copyright claims of other nations.
4) THE AUTHOR or creator of any work shall have his, her, or their name(s) prominently displayed on any cover, label, or splash page, even after the copyright period has expired; if the copyright has expired, such shall be noted within the work or on its label or cover.
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.
Category: Free Trade Strength: Significant Proposed by: Jumhuriyat al-Andalus
Description: Wherefore the Public Domain resolution passed on 31 May, 2004 is overly vague in part, failing to define the parameters of the proposed "public domain" and in fact simply overlapping the already extant concept of public domain in many member nations;
and elsewhere destroys the vested interest of programmers to the rights of their labor and creative endeavors;
Therefore we, the United Nations and all member nations, hereby resolve the following:
1) REPEAL (4) of the Public Domain Resolution, which states: "Works pass into the public domain when...4) it is deemed 'freeware' or 'shareware.'"
2) RECOGNITION that the concepts of "freeware," "shareware," and "open license" do not negate the copyright or patent rights of the person or persons responsible for the software; further all member nations recognize that allowing the free use of a program or coding is nothing more than the granting of a license, without actually transferring or giving up the creator's right to the license.
3) THE PUBLIC DOMAIN is to be recognized as all works to which no one owns the copyright, whether by voluntary relinquishment or because the statutory copyright protection period has passed; furthermore, that the invididual nations of the United Nations are free to create their own copyright term limits, and that the other nations shall respect the copyright claims of other nations.
4) THE AUTHOR or creator of any work shall have his, her, or their name(s) prominently displayed on any cover, label, or splash page, even after the copyright period has expired; if the copyright has expired, such shall be noted within the work or on its label or cover.