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[Davka]

On 15Nov 04:45, Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote:
> Did you really take legal advice about this particular matter?
> 
> It depends, as far as I know, how much they have tried to abuse private law 
> in their license for that specific product. What does the license say, and is 
> that license binding all of the globe? I'd think that if they have a clause 
> about screenshots, much like what Adobe has in their licenses, and in my 
> opinion unrightfully so, you would not be permitted to use the screenshots in 
> a publication under certain cases; in certain countries. It should not give 
> anybody the right to shut down any project on the Internet though. And fair 
> use rights should apply. Writing a review of a software product is a very 
> common exercise, and since we aren't a competing business why should that 
> matter at all?
> 
> IANAL, but I don't think that copyright law gives companies such endless 
> powers.

The real question is not whether companies can actually prevail in court.
The question is whether it gives a lawyer the opportunity to get an
injunction.  If the other party doesn't have the money to pay a lawyer
to answer the injunction, that party will lose by default.

-- 
-Davka
davka at immersive dot com

"Smooth moves are the province of con men and laxatives." -me

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