[TowerTalk] Re: Cope Right Legalities

Doctor Cornelius drcornelius@hotmail.com
Sat, 26 Feb 2000 11:23:47 EST


WIDE OR NARROW (THANKS FOR THE DOUBLE POST), PLEASE STOP SHOUTING THE LONG 
INANE POSTS IN CAPS.  PLEASE!  (Is ANYone getting anything useful from these 
posts??


>From: K7GCO@aol.com
>To: Towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Re: Cope Right Legalities
>Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 02:59:44 EST
>
>
>W A N T E D:  ATTORNEY HAM OF AT LEAST 25 YEARS, HIGHLY EXPERIENCED IN COPY
>RIGHT, PATENT LAW AND MOLE HILL MOUNTAIN CLIMBING, TO GIVE PRO BONO LAW
>OPINION (FREE) ON TT OF MATTER TAKING UP TT SPACE THAT SHOULD BE USED FOR
>AIRING USUAL BUT VERY USEFUL BAND-AIDS FOR DEFICIENTLY DESIGNED EQUIPMENT 
>AND
>OTHER VERY USEFUL CORRECTIVE AND LONGEVITY CONCEPTS WE ALL LOVE TO USE.  IF
>POSTS BELOW AREN'T ENOUGH BAD EVIDENCE, THE REST CAN BE SUBPOENAED.  IN
>APPRECIATION, TT HAMDUMB--(CORRECTION) HAMDOOM--HAMDOME--HAMDOM (TAKE YOUR
>PICK) WILL PROVIDE PRO-BONO TECHNICAL (FREE TECHNICAL ADVICE, ALUMINUM 
>TUBING
>LIKE--6' x3/4"x.058"--OTHER PARTS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE IF CLOSE) TO YOU IN
>EXCHANGE.  CERTAIN OF US WOULD EVEN APPEAR AS TECHNICAL WITNESSES IN COURT
>FOR YOU IF EVER NEEDED.  (WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO DECLINE OUR
>OFFER--PARTICULARLY FOR COURT).  WE MUST SOLVE THIS MONUMENTAL LEGAL
>COPYRIGHT MOLE HILL MADE TO A MOUNTAIN PROBLEM AND WILL ALSO TELL NO MORE
>LAWYER JOKES IF YOU SOLVE THE PROBLEM.  OTHER LAWYERS WILL LOVE YOU.  IF 
>YOU
>DON'T WE WILL CONTINUE AND TELL EVEN MORE DUMB LAWYER JOKES.  SUCH A DEAL!
>
>(Why can't all the collective expertise on TT solve this simple legal
>problem?  Why don't we ask those who know when we don't--I even do that?  
>If
>there is an Attorney Ham that reads this--why hasn't he volunteered advice?
>Maybe there is a reason? K7GCO)
>
>        In a message dated 25.02.00 05:56:39 Pacific Standard Time,
>Jan.E.Holm@telia.se writes:<<
>        How can the physical dimensions of an antenna be
>        copyrighted, please explain.  I still insist, by the same token,
>        taking a picture of  the same antenna must then be illegal.
>        Also I insist, if I hypothecicaly would build an EXACT
>        copy of an C31XR I might be walking on thin ice.
>        However I think it´s OK if I do so and only have it for
>        personal use. If I make an EXACT copy and start to
>        sell it I´m sure Force12 would sue me. In this case the above
>        wasn´t the issue. YU1AO only published a file with dimensions
>        for a C31XR and that surely cannot violate the copyright laws.
>        That's the BS old chap and no I don´t have to wish you 73 either
>        but since I´m a lot nicer then you I still will so a big
>        73 to you old chap.   de Jim SM2EKM
>  ------------------------------------
>  -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
>  Från:  davidw@copper.net [SMTP:davidw@copper.net]
>  Skickat:    den 25 februari 2000 12:48
>  Till:  Jan.E.Holm@telia.se
>  Ämne:  RE: [TowerTalk] Re: C31XR?FINAL
>  Look, 'Jim':
>        What the YU published was copyrighted. *That's* what's at issue, so
>  your bombast is, as before, continuation of an attempt to defend the
>  indefensible. I quote the last paragraph of your intemperate response: 
>"So
>  you see most of what you have been writing in this matter is *nothing* 
>like
>   pure BS." (emphasis mine). Yes, you're correct: no BS from this end.
>
>  BTW, your post puts me in company I admire.  Did you forget to include
>  that response as well?  *no* 73   K3BH
>
>  <<Fil: RE_ [TowerTalk] Re_ C31XR_FINAL.TXT>>
>
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