Re: Public Domain

From: Joseph Pietro Riolo <riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:17:42 -0400

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 sstouden[_at_]thelinks.com wrote:

>

> Well that is a real good observation. Why not an notice by advertisment
> to the effect that " by reading this statement you agree that all the
> words used in the dictionary of whatever kind, in whatever order,
> interceded by whatever marks, pictures, letters, etc. are my expressions
> and as such are the sole property of me.
> Any use whatsoever of such words shall be an infringement of some kind or
> other, just as soon as you use one or more of them, I shall ask my lawyer
> to figure out which of the available laws could be used to aim an action
> at you and upon his discovery of such an applicable legal weapon, I shall
> direct him to employ it, provided such an action could be profitable to
> both he and I." end of proposed notice.
> Are things getting this bad?
> sterling

No courts will let any contract trump all laws and Constitution. They can invalidate contract if they find it unconscionable or inequitable. The notice that you proposed is too broad that the only way to abide by it is total silence. No courts will find it acceptable.

Joseph Pietro Riolo
<riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>
http://www.boycottcopyright.com

Number of days left until 1-1-2019 when all knowledge of 1923 in the land of the U.S.A. will be freed from their copyright owners' prisons: 5,682

Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this post in the public domain. Received on Thu Jun 12 2003 - 19:17:42 GMT