At 16:20 16-01-2003 -0800, Jeffrey Miller wrote:
True on both counts. However, unlike Arnett with his e-mail messages, I did not even so much as *hint* that I might some day want to capitalise on my website.> I think your lawyer will advise against it. First, your postings are > already publicly available for free in various places on the Internet, > so it is extremely unlikely that you will ever be able to capitalise > on them...as is brin-L.com > Your messages to this list are not of such a nature that you could > ever make any significant amount of money on them. ..as is brin-L.com
I have pointed it out, but Arnett has chosen to disregard it. Arnett claims to know about such issues, but he completely ignores the fact that court decisions are based on more than merely the letter of the law.> I've already pointed out why you'd stand little chance of > winning. Obviously you haven't, if people (who know about such issues) disagree.
Example of actual lawsuit available upon request.
ATTENTION JEFFREY MILLER:> Even if your lawyer is crazy enough to take the matter to court, > chances are that you'd end up being fined by the court for filing > frivilous lawsuits. Sweet! I'm gonna be rich! http://www.eogan.com/brin-l/index.html
It has come to my attention that the contents (or part thereof) of my website www.brin-l.com have been copied and added to your website www.eogan.com; as said contents are copyrighted and I have not given you permission to add said contents to your website, you are violating my copyright.
THEREFORE:
1. You are hereby ordered to remove from said website all material which you copied from www.brin-l.com (regardless of which actual URL was used to reach that site).
2. You are hereby ordered to comply with the abovementioned order within 48 hours after this message is sent.
3. You are hereby ordered to forever refrain from copying any contents of my website www.brin-l.com (regardless of which actual URL was used to reach that site) to your website www.eogan.com or to any other website, unless you have obtained my explicit permission to do so prior to copying any material.
4. Failure to comply with the abovementioned orders will result in legal action against you to the full extent of the law.
FURTHER:
The four points listed above also apply to any other persons who have, without my explicit permission, copied any material from my website www.brin-l.com (regardless of which URL was used to reach that site) to any other website. This includes but is not limited to the pages "Administrative FAQ" and "Etiquette Guidelines" as copied by Nick Arnett to his website www.mccmedia.com.
Like this mailing list... :-(> Lost Cause. Like this argument ;) *grin* *smile*
Jeroen "Legal Mumbo-Jumbo" van Baardwijk
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