Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Jul 2003 01:14:13 +0200 | From | David Weinehall <> | Subject | Re: Dell vs. GPL |
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On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 09:42:10PM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote: > Ricardo Galli wrote: > > 3.3 In general, the author of a computer programme is the natural or > > legal person or group of natural persons who created it. Where > > collective works are recognized by the legislation of a Member > > State, the person considered by the legislation of that Member State > > to have created the work is deemed to be its author. In the case of > > a programme created by a group of natural persons, the exclusive > > rights are owned jointly. Where a computer programme is created by > > an employee in the execution of his duties or following the > > instructions given by his employer, the employer alone will be > > entitled to exercise all economic rights in the programme, unless > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > otherwise provided for by contract. > > > > Note that it only mentions "economic rights". > > I was thinking of UK law. Excerpts from the Copyright, Designs and > Patents Act 1988:
Laws passed by the EU stands over the national laws, hence the citizens can always appeal, and have the national laws declared void. This has happened a few times already in other areas, afaik.
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