How can Walnut Creek continue ?

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Hi to all,

I still don't get how Walnut Creek got away with producing
a CD-Rom full of copyrighted material from the Internet, just
by sending everybody a complementary copy, who
wanted one, but without having to ask everybody for the
authorization.

Like you maybe recognized, I gonna produce a CD-Rom including
lots of Internet-material too, but I'm asking the contributors
BEFORE I include their work.

The points I need to get cleared are:

o What's with all those FAQ-maintainers, that DON'T want to
be on the Walnut Creek CD-Rom ?? Was there the possibility
to be taken OF the CD ?
o Did they get any chance to get OFF the CD-Rom ?
o How can Walnut Creek continue producing NEW CD-Rom's
without having the permission from the maintainers ?
o Or did they ask for the new CD-Rom's ?

German Copyright Law is maybe not as strict as the law's
in America, but: if I would put somebodies stuff on my
CD-Rom without asking him/her and he/she would complain using a
lawyer:

o I either would have to call back the sold CD-Roms
AND destroy all made copies !
o or would have to pay him/her a fee for his/her work for
all sold copies (and according to the law, this
could be as much per CD-Rom, what HE/SHE thinks what
this work is worth, so if he/she was putting 1000
hours work in a FAQ and he/she has a degree and costs
right now $ 50 an hour, that will be $ 50.000 per
copy !!!!) !

o So was there nobody complaining ?
o How can they be that cheaky and continue without permission ?
o Did anybody got money from them ?

I really like to know, how that problem got solved to
prevent me from making any faults and using the work of the
contributors to my CD-Rom for something, that is not
fair nor allowed.

I hope nothing is slipping on my CD-Rom that I dont have the
direct permission for ... ;o)

Thnx for all answers, Phade

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