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Subject:Re: Copyright as protection against liability From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:08:07 -0700
KMcLauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com wrote:
> But then, in the last third of the article, he makes
> the point that Copyright law might provide some sort
> of shelter or shield from bankrupting liability claims
> against the person who wrote (or translated) a technical
> document.
At a (somewhat educated) guess:
When you work for a company, the work does not belong to you; it's copyrighted
by the company. Since you are not the copyright owner, you can't be held
personally responsible for any problems. At least, you can't under law - within
the company, might be another matter if your carelessness cost a few million
dollars in legal expenses.
This reasoning should hold true virtually everywhere, I think. Actually, I'm a
bit surprised by the caution with which this point is made. I've had a bit to do
with copyright in my time, and I had the impression that this reasoning was
well-established.
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