Re: Why? (was: A request for permission to use copyrighted FAQ's)

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mathew (mathew@mantis.co.uk)
20 Mar 1994 10:55:09 -0000

In article <9403182018.AA09730@reynard.faximum.com>,
George Pajari <pajari@Faximum.COM> wrote:
>Even if such a suit would not recover significant damages I would
>suppose that many faq maintainers would participate just to prove a
>point, especially if the cost of participating in the lawsuit were shared
>over a significant number of people.

Of course, you also have to take into account that not everyone is in
America. Over here, the convention is that the loser pays for the
legal fees of the winner. Furthermore, for small amounts of money
(like, say, a fair share of the likely profits of such a book) one can
go to the Small Claims Court and save on expensive legal fees.

It's also probable that amongst the FAQ authors, there's at least one
person qualified to act as a lawyer in a copyright infringement case.

mathew

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