On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 08:50:18PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 10:34:57AM -0800, D. Starner wrote: > > > What request ? And i doubt you can prove to the judge you ever made that > > > request to me.
> > "I bought a commerical on cable asking for modifiers to send me their > > changes. I believe he was watching at that time." Then, since you have > > no right to stay silent in civil court, the judge can turn to you and > > ask you if you were watching. Are you really advocating that someone > > commit perjury in that case? > Sorry, but i don't believe such a request is legally binding. If the upstream > author has money to throw away then fine, but he should as well have sent > someone with a written request to the modificator, and thus obtaining legal > proof of the offer. > Also, i think only the silliest of judge would consider this kind of question > acceptable and even start a judgement over this kind of claims. Only of the silliest of copyright holders would not make sure to send you a written request, sent by some means considered legally reliable, before taking this before a judge. So even if you missed the TV ad, there'd still be a request you would be answerable for. But the big issue here is still that if the license is only free because you won't get *caught* violating it, it's not free. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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