Re: "Tipster" voluntary payment protocol

[Ravensara Siobhan Travillian]

On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Fred Hapgood wrote:

> Stick *what* into a standard contract?  What would that provision
> look like?  "Artist agrees not to accept gifts from fans?"   "Artist
> agrees not to possess or publicize public key or digital signature?"  
> 
> I don't think so.  The RIAA is unhinged, but not that unhinged.
> Even if it is, this is one crazy idea that would get laughed out of
> court by the clerks filing the motion, let alone a judge.

No, it's pretty standard in publishing law. The rights to different kinds
of uses of a work in different venues is pretty well established, and I
think they'd move to sew that one up pretty quickly.

--Ravensara Travillian