[Foundation-l] Fair Use and Registered Trademarks

Mon Jul 11 06:59:43 UTC 2005

Well let's publish it and let's see the way they will argue. I am  
pretty much confident that there won't be any copyright or trademark  
problem.

Le 11 juil. 05 à 03:44, Ray Saintonge a écrit :

> Robert Scott Horning wrote:
>
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> You're welcome to explore the background yourself.  CYA could very  
> well have been a motivating factor, but the ground that PG gave up  
> was not that big.  When it comes to a 250 year old institution  
> whose ability to survive much longer is questionable, granting them  
> the opportunity to save face is a gracious act..
>
> As for the OED, even some volumes published after 1922 are now in  
> the public domain by the 70 year rule.
>
> Ec
>
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