At 10:38 AM 2/3/2002 -0500, Doug Meerschaert wrote: >Joe Mucchiello wrote: > >>And what happens when someone prints that page? > >They have re-distributed it, and THEY are the liable ones. Just as if >they ripped out the OGL from someone's book and then made a photocopy of it. > >I don't see a real LEGAL reason to worry about "what other people might >do." A few *practical* ones, but no *legal* ones. (of course, IANAL.)
They aren't necessarily redistributing it. If they lose the PDF, the printed copy is still their legally purchased "fair use" copy and it does not clearly designate its OGC. When you bring the case to trial, will the lawyer be entering a notebook computer as evidence to show that the image is properly designated. After all, his case kind of falls apart if he enters the PDF into evidence in printed form. But, I am not a lawyer either so I don't know diddley about rules-of-evidence. I guarentee though: if you put 10 people in front of a computer and ask them about the artwork in a 100+ page PDF, at least 3 of them are going to ask for a printed copy to look over. 1 in 100 of them may decline to look through the computer copy even if you want to pay him. I write computer programs, I know a bit about user habits. There are those who prints 1-line emails rather than read them on the computer screen. Joe _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
