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40568 Michael R. Shortreed <mshort@C...> 1998‑04‑01 Re: Love them lawyers....
Hi All.  Wow what a conundrum.  This would be a loss of a tremendous
resource.  There seem's to be something similar goin on in the music
world.  I guess that the music industry is bigger than stanley anyway.
Some of you have probably heard of olga (online guitar archive).  There
are posts of music for many popular songs.  People download them to study,
learn and play.  The music industry tried and failed to squash it at least
for now.  In the meantime, the following disclaimer is posted with every
song.  I think something similar could be used for your site.  I'm sure
that all us galoots are just in it for the education anyway.  I'm
certainly not in it for any monetary gain.:)

As a side note, do any of you remember the little boy that burned down his
trailer home after watching an episode of Beavis and Butthead.  The
following quote was from a fan worried about the future of the show.

"This is just the kind of thing that brings down the million pound
s#$ihammer of divine retribution."

I'll bet I laughed for 20 minutes.  Anyway, onto the quote from olga.

>You may only use this archive for private study, scholarship, or
>research. If your intentions are otherwise, do not proceed into this
>archive.     

>The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code)
>governs the making
>of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. 
>
>Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are
>authorized to
>furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified
>conditions is that the
>photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than
>private study,
>scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses,
>a
>photocopy or
>reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be
>liable
>for copyright
>infringement. 

On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Patrick Leach wrote:

> Hi guys,
>  
>   Just got a nice letter from some attorneys down in
> Washington, DC. By Federal Express, no less.
> 
>   Seems they're peeved over Stanley Blood & Gore, and
> have demanded that I pull the plug on any advertise-
> ments, use of the word "Stanley", and even the words
> "Stanley Blood and Gore" and "Stanley B&G" have them
> pissed.
> 
>   They tell me this is all deliberate infringement.
> Yeah, that's what it is, deliberate. I'm glad to know
> that them lawyers know what's going on in my head, even
> when I don't.
> 
>   I've been told that all references have to be re-
> moved by April 15 (my favorite day of the year).
> 
>   Any lawyers out there who wanna take on a corporate
> giant for yucks?
> 
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> Patrick Leach
> Just say Lawyers, gotta love 'em.
> etc.
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