Jed sez: >> Jones Beene: >> I'm 99% certain that Bushnell has not authorized that his >> name be used for this, and that you will see this crap >> pulled immediately - followed by strong legal action. > > That is incorrect. Bushnell is a public figure. Any government > official is. What he says in public can be quoted by anyone for > any purpose. Government officials have absolutely no copyright > control over their utterances in connection with their official > duties. Nearly every document published by NASA, the DoE and > other government agencies is in the public domain, by definition. > The public pays for them. You never see a copyright notice on > such documents.
That may be so, but I bet Bushnell is still royally pissed. This may result in adverse commentary that in the short term is not likely to be complementary towards Rossi and the whole continuing eCat saga. I expect some kind of fallout. My two cents. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
