If you
think someone is violating your intellectual property, spend the money and send
them a printed version by Fedex, signature required, and CALL. Im not a lawyer,
but a business person, and in my experience if you want to convey time
sensitive, legalistic materials you do not rely on something which is subject to
junk folders, spam filters and the like (or excuses). Date and track everything.
But also drop any expectation that business always get done on internet
time.
Make
it clear and reasonable about what you want, with a reasonable estimate of how
long you think it takes a current, small print run (estimating it shipped within
a week) to burn through the channel. State what you want in terms, then let them
know that within that time frame (lets say 30 days), you will have a lawyer hit
them with a C&D and get their advice on what to do next, before any
smearing. It may be that sending a copy of your C&D to known distributors
may have a good effect for example, but you should protect yourself before doing
so in case *you* violate their rights by doing so.
The
amount of debate that goes on on this list makes me think that many, many
publishers print without understanding OGC and IP issues and the consequences of
not complying.
--Lynn
-----Original Message-----Has anyone gotten a letter through to Mongoose successfully requesting a correct and unambiguous OGC declaration for any of their products?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 5:39 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] Ultimate Prestige Classes
I've emailed twice in the last 3 weeks regarding Ultimate Feats asked for an OGC declaration that was unambiguous and I got no response.
Are they just really busy over there or do they just rarely respond to such requests?
Lee
