[MR] One step too far! (Duane Moore)

[chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org]

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> On Jul 24, 2009, at 1:31 PM, Garth G. Groff wrote:
>
>> Friends,
>>
>> Allow me to add my own experience to this. A number of years ago I
>> self-published a small local history book and sent copies for review
>> to several local newspapers. One refused a review, but used quotes
>> from my book in a review promoting somebody else's book about the
>> same area (different aspect though). My book was copyrighted and
>> registered. I checked with a copyright lawyer, and he thought I had
>> a case, but told me a copyright violation is a Federal matter. I
>> could only sue for actual damages, which were minimal and
>> unprovable. He also pointed out that the case would have to be heard
>> in regular Federal court, as there is no Federal small claims court.
>> Any judge who had to take time for such a trivial matter would not
>> be pleased to have his time wasted when he had more important
>> criminal cases on his docket. I think this shirt would probably fall
>> into a similar category.
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>
> On the contrary -- I don't think an article in a local newspaper is
> the equivalent of mass-produced T-shirts being sold in a nation-wide
> chain of a major department store.
>
>
>
> Effingham

   And Wal-MArt is running rough shod over a lot of things right now -
including the small local merchants.  They feel they're too big to be
challenged.  Perhaps it's time they were challenged.

  Chagan
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