--- Will Hindmarch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Faustus von Goethe wrote:
> > This scenario leaves Party B clearly legally
> liable for Party C's $50 grand
> > - even though all they did was pass on work they
> believed to be open. It
> > might have been an honest mistake, or a late night
> printing blunder, but
> > they are still liable.
>
> I'm not sure about "clearly liable." Party B can
> certainly argue that it is
> Party C's responsibility to check the validity of
> any work which they are
> utilizing. It might not fly, but it's arguable.
I think it's of critical importance to do your due
diligence on the origins of _everything_ you didn't
create yourself. I have seen all kinds of "linkware"
art collections or web template collections on the
Internet, for example, that are full of one copyright
violation after another. Just because one person says
it's "free" or Open doesn't mean that it really is.
It definitely pays to track the work back to its
original source and make sure that you can use it.
Hopefully, people will be diligent about documenting
their sources so that those of us who want to be
careful about this kind of thing won't be pulling out
our hair tracking down the origins of some monster or
other.
Neal
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