More on copyright - found this while I was doing a trawl to see how many
other websites now have similar names to our own:
http://www.whois.sc/news/2003-03/fed-domains.html

Not that for one minute I think this will help much with Joseph's prob of
his site content being stolen, but I thought it was interesting that action
against owners of websites who steal copyight was being taken....

Franni

(PS my spare Photoshop Bible has now been succesfully rehomed & is looking
forward to many happy hours with its new owner...)


>This is my reply from the US Department of Justice.    They seem abiut as
>useful as any UK ar,m of Government :(.    Apart from a useless response
>they  have managed to misinterpret what I wrote.
>
>
>The Regulations of the Copyright Office ( Code of Federal Regulations, Title
>37, Chapter II) prohibit employees from giving specific legal advice on the
>rights of persons, whether in connection with particular uses of copyrighted
>works, cases of alleged foreign or domestic copyright infringement,
>contracts between authors and   publishers, or other matters of a similar
>nature.
>
>   Since your question is directly related to the use of material on eBay.
>We suggest that you contact the General Counsel of eBay. On the ebay
>homepage, there should be a link to someone who handles copyright issues.
>
>cl
>
>**********************************
>Copyright Office
>Library of Congress
>101 Independence Ave SE
>Washington DC 20559
>(202) 707-3000
>www.copyright.gov
>**********************************
>
>
>So what exactly is the contact address for.   The old game of exhausting the
>complainer?
>
>Joseph Harris
>www.smilepoetryweekly.com
>
>
>
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