>You can't. But the argument has been made in the past (Dirk Wright - I am
>looking for the history) of a building in Chicago which a corporation owned
>and has their name on it. A photograph was taken of part of the building,
>without the corporation name in the photograph, then distribited. The
>corporation threatened legal action if distribution did not cease, with
>justification that the building was identifiable with the corporation which
>had Intellectual Property rights, i.e. registered copyrights and
>trademarks, etc. After about a week of moaning and groaning, distribution
>stopped.
>
Ah! but you see, attorneys and corporations can threaten all they
want,regardless of the grounds of their case. In other words, they lied and
intimidated the photographer enough that he got scared and quit. That DOES
NOT mean that they had a case! All it means is that they scared the shit out
of him and he stopped. I discussed this with some of the more experienced
people here at the Office and they all thought it was horse shit.
Which means, if you are in business, you absolutely MUST have an attorney on
your side!
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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