Re: Where is the Searchable Applescript-users Archive?
Re: Where is the Searchable Applescript-users Archive?
- Subject: Re: Where is the Searchable Applescript-users Archive?
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:45:18 -0800
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>Bill>>Having spent the greater part of my life as a lawyer, I am always
happy to hear that somebody wants to get a lawyer involved. Lawyers
understand both the power and the limitations of the law, and above all its
uncertainties. Any lawyer who has a client understands that he or she is
there to serve the client's interests. Apple maintains these lists to
promote, albeit indirectly, the products to which the lists relate. I'm
confident that Apple's lawyers understand their client's interests in this
regard.
Having spent way to much time around lawyers, I'm always nervous to hear
that somebody wants to get a lawyer involved. : (
Lawyers, even well meaning professionals, often have their own agendas that
may or may not be compatible with their client's best interests or serve
the needs of their client's customers and marketplace.
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>> you may not like what they decide to do.
When I when a lawyer's client says that, I get even more nervous. The
easiest thing for a lawyer to do in this case would be to simply pull the
plug on a free service that offers little tangible benefits and, currently
at least, seems to be inviting contention. How many hours of their
lawyers' time will Apple be willing to invest in this service before they
decide it's not worth it?
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>> So please exercise restraint. If you have to assert Apple's ownership
of a copyright in the list, please limit Apple's claim of ownership to the
collection as a whole, not the individual pieces of it that were
contributed by individuals.
Bill, that is exactly the arrangement the Chuq was suggesting exists. As
Chuq said, you are reading much more into his comments than was there.
This entire thread has now become absurd.
Chuq and Apple have a policy designed to protect us from email mass market
spammers.
If people are serious about copywriting their posts and start claiming some
exclusive rights to their messages that limit's apple's use of the
collected body of work or their ability to protect the list users or even
maintain the collection on their website then those people should be
prevented from posting to the list.
Haven't we all got better things to do than cause headaches for each other?
ES