Actually, Heathkit is not out of business. Check out Heathkit learning systems.
---------- Sent from AT&T Wireless using Mobile Email ------Original Message------ From: Charles P. Steinmetz <charles_steinm...@lavabit.com> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> Date: Sunday, December 12, 2010 12:51:53 AM GMT-0500 Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Data Professionals Press Release Perry wrote: >Considering that the Heath Company has been out of business for say, >30 years or so, this "California Business Plan" shows that you momma >was right in telling you not to ingest illegal substances. I suppose >their next bright idea is to buy rights from Ford for the Edsel. Intellectual property rights do not just evaporate or return to the public domain when a company disappears -- SOMEONE owns them (often someone who bought the assets of the company, perhaps for less than a penny on the dollar). I have no idea whether Data Professionals bought anything from anybody -- or if they did, whether the seller really owned active copyrights, and if so, what exactly they owned. There is an infinity of possibilities, and the only certainty would be the judgment of a court deciding a lawsuit. What we appear to have is someone claiming to hold the rights, and threatening enforcement. Folks can either accept the claim, defy the threat and invite a lawsuit, or bring a preemptive action for declaratory relief -- i.e., make Data Professionals prove that they own the rights. Not likely that anyone who wants to host free downloads will undergo the expense of being the test case (but if you are willing, please be our guest -- otherwise, please stop throwing bombs of ignorance). Best regards, Charles _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.