Fwd: [Foundation-l] Fair Use and Registered Trademarks

Sun Jul 10 11:52:27 UTC 2005

Jean-Baptiste Soufron wrote:

>> We never had to make any settlement with Britannica, or with Oxford,
>> when they complained about "The Oxford Book Of English Verse," as they
>> never asked us to.  Oxford *did* blow some smoke about the OED, but it
>> was just that, and a decade ago, as I recall.
>>
>> I think we will post the first page of the original OED, to test  the 
>> winds,
>> esp. since I own a first edition, and can thus prove it is from 1888.
>>
>> We should be able to publish nearly all of the first edition,  except 
>> those
>> few volumes published after 1922. . .I can send a list, if you like.
>>
>> I should add that PG has TWO different teams working on the  Britannica,
>> and the other one mentions the name much more.
>>
>> I got one message from the ex-CEO of Britannica, whom I know through
>> other means, and explained that I had had nothing to do with the  
>> second one.
>>
>> mh
>
I am curious what prompted the inclusion of the previously mentioned 
legal disclaimer in with PG texts for Encyclopedia Britannica then?  I 
know a good CYA is always in order, but it seemed a little extreme in 
this case, particularly because content was removed.  There must be more 
to the story than what Michael Hart is suggesting here.

-- 
Robert Scott Horning