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Originally Posted by shalym
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Is the text I'm writing here published?
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YES. You created it, and you published it on the internet, on this forum. If someone else copies this text at a later date and you don't want it copied, you can make them take it down. |
I agree
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If I make a painting, display it in a public exhibition for a while, and then take it home, is it published?
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YES...of course.
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I agree.
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If I make a piece of art and sell, give or loan it to you, is it published?
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again...YES, of course.
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NO. Explain how a PRIVATE matter like that constitutes PUBlishing, which involves the PUBlic..
From a random Google search (which basically matches every other definition I've read):
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Publication is the act of offering something for the general public to inspect or scrutinize. It means to convey knowledge or give notice. In Copyright law, publication is making a book or other written material available to anyone interested by distributing or offering it for sale.
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Fortunately our current laws give the creator copyright without regard to publishing, so the work is indeed protected, which is what I'm arguing to preserve.