On 12 Jul 2005 at 10:38, dhbailey wrote:

> Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
> [snip]>
> > Intellectual property protection is not merely for the benefit of
> > corporations. It subsists in my postings and in your postings and in
> > everyone else's postings as well as in Finale's software -- or I
> > could happily be posting Finale on my website. The exchange of money
> > doesn't make MakeMusic's copyright somehow more important than yours
> > or mine. The terms of my postings on this list are that it is, as it
> > says on the subscription page, a private list.  At no point did I
> > hand over rights or give permission for third-party distribution of
> > my writing, however inconsequential it may be -- not to
> > opensubscriber.com or archivum.info or mail-archive.com, not to the
> > list owner, and not through the list subscription contract itself.
> 
> Sounds like you need to get your intellectual property lawyer
> involved.

That's exactly why these people think they can get away with this -- 
it takes a lawsuit to force them to act.

That's wrong.

And ethical actors who are concerned about acting legally shouldn't 
be doing what's right only when under threat of lawsuit.

-- 
David W. Fenton                        http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
David Fenton Associates                http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc
All non-quoted content (c) David W. Fenton, all rights reserved

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