On 12/14/2011 02:17 PM, Daniel Fussell wrote: > On 12/13/2011 07:24 PM, Topher Fischer wrote: > In response to Mr. Fischer, > > As (il)legal and (un)recognized counsel to Mr. Cullen, it is my duty to > respond to your claims of copyright infringement as stated in your > complaint dated December 13, 2011. > > After reviewing said complaint it is our opinion and belief that Mr. > Fischer's use of the work in question does not constitute copyright > infringement as: > > (1) A name, and by extension a pseudonym, is not a copyright work as > defined in 17 USC S.S. 101, > > (2) International court opinion additionally holds that a single word is > insufficient to comprise a copyright work, > > (3) The work in question is best described as an idea as set forth in 17 > USC S.S. 102, and as such is explicitly excluded from copyright protection. > > Therefore the complaint in question is without form or basis. > > Sincerely, > ;-Daniel Fussell >
The aforementioned opinion contains errata that are amended as follows: (1) Paragraph 2 is amended to state "... Mr. Cullen's use of the work in question ..." (2) The signature is appended with the company name "IANAL and Associates, FLC". Sincerely, ;-Daniel Fussell IANAL and Associates, FLC -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
