[AktiviX-discuss] help: threatened with copyright on art and ideas

[Max]

Hi Charlie,

thanks for this. problem here is that 'their' tree is indeed much older than 
'our tree'. they're laying claim to the idea, not just the execution. we're 
going to tell them it was an 'original work', and therfore they haven't got a 
leg to stand on, but we'll see if they want to throw lots of money at it...

> I'd look into creative commons for stuff like this - when stuff
> is in the public domain ppl can come along nick it and then use
> it as if it was their own.
>
> If you put it under cc then you've got some fairly strong legal
> clout to bash them back with when they get layery. And you can
> have as a condition of the licence that nobody is allowed to use
> it unless they pass on the same rights (copying, sharing at no
> cost, etc) to others a-la GPL...
>
>  >> any advice on how to deal with this? anyone been in similar
>
> situations?
>
> Get a backup of your website in a few different places. Then
> tell them to piss off and see if they do anything ?
>
> If you've got a sound ISP you'll probably be fine - they won't
> want to take it to court. But lots of ISPs really aren't sound cf.:
> http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CA553.htm
>
> cheers
> Charlie
>
>
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