Re: [Thinkpad] copyright

I think Peter is correct - you don't need to prove actual damages to
establish copyright infringement.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Seebach" <seebs@plethora.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] copyright

> In message <006f01c64d40$a30ece20$0200000a@dell>, "Deanna Berman" writes:
> >One thing to keep in mind is that copyright law is all about the right of
an
> >author of intellectual property to profit from its use. Anyone posting to
a
> >publicly-available list -- and who wants to mount a credible legal threat
to
> >a cross-poster -- would not only have to include notice to readers that
the
> >author prohibits such use, but would also have to be ready to prove the
> >economic damages the author suffered from the re-posting that would not
have
> >been suffered if it had not been re-posted.
>
> WRONG WRONG WRONG!
>
> I'm not a lawyer, but PLEASE talk to a lawyer before making crazy talk.
>
> -s
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Received on Tue Mar 21 19:14:43 2006