On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 03:47:06 +0000, n3td3v <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thought: > Hey, thanks for the insight. I can't see Lycos introducing the > screensaver without talking with legal teams first, so surely we can > presume everything is legal and above board?! Otherwise, why would > Lycos want to put themselves in a legal tangle? Unless they weighed up > the legal costs against the profit they would make from the PR stunt, > from which all I can see, is all this whole thing appears to be.
It's entirely possible that their lawyers cleared it but that doesn't necessarily make it really above board; if lawyers always agreed on what was allowed, we wouldn't have so many corporate lawsuits. :) They may be standing on the principle of "these are just a bunch of website visits" without taking into account the fact that there's a stated intent beyond just visiting the sites. This is probably going to get a lot messier for Lycos before it's all over. -- Kyle Maxwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
