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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/16/21 3:42 PM, Hans Åberg via
Unicode wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Languages, including orthography, are not copyrightable. Movie and TV production companies regularly make copyright claims of no legal basis.</pre>
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<p>True, and I tried to make that point in previous discussions on
this topic. The more recent proposals were predicated on a claim
that Paramount really has no legal standing on the matter,
especially as evidenced by the use of pIqaD in all sorts of
environments.</p>
<p>However, Ken's point is also a good one: it doesn't matter if
Paramount's case is completely baseless. It doesn't matter if
they wouldn't win in court. Just bringing a case is enough to
cause huge damage to Unicode. Paramount's legal army could empty
the minuscule coffers of Unicode just in pre-trial hearings. Yes,
there are laws against doing that, but you know what it takes to
get a ruling in your favor regarding those laws? Yep, more
lawsuits. So I can understand Unicode's reluctance to actually
encode without having at least SOME better confidence legally.
Which is why I just asked for the rejection to be rescinded, but
didn't get that either.</p>
<p>Now, Peter Constable writes:</p>
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<blockquote type="cite">The main concern is that _<i>users</i>_ of
The Unicode Standard won’t be susceptible to IP claims against
them. Since this is uncertain, the onus is on the advocates for
encoding the script to resolve that.</blockquote>
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<p>which is an angle I actually had not heard before. And here I'm
really puzzled. The users of the script are already using the
script, whether Unicode encodes it or not. So why is Unicode
suddenly concerned on their behalf? This one is really kind of
strange. Could Unicode be legally responsible for people
"illegally" using the script? It's hardly in Unicode's power to
stop them, as evidence by the fact that usage exists.<br>
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<p>~mark<br>
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