Re: Copyright as protection against liability

Subject: Re: Copyright as protection against liability
From: Dick Margulis <margulis -at- fiam -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 05:39:08 -0400

What both Sean and Bruce are forgetting is that it really doesn't matter
whether you are liable or not. What matters is the cost of defending
yourself if you are sued, regardless of the outcome; and the fact that
the employer or client holds the copyright is not going to prevent
someone from suing you if they get a notion to do so. So the question is
really whether you have any assurance that your legal bill will be paid
by the copyright owner, and I suspect the answer is generally No.

"Sean O'Donoghue (EPA)" wrote:
>
> I ain't a copyright lawyer or an astronaut.....however I wonder if the
> caution could be that in some cases technical writers work as a company
> supplying another company with the documentation that goes with the product.
>
>

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RE: Copyright as protection against liability: From: Sean O'Donoghue (EPA)

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