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01/09/2007, 14h22

On 1 Sep 2007 06:24:05 GMT, Blinky the Shark put finger to keyboard
and typed:

>Bad Subject header -- couldn't condense this issue into something that
>short that made sense. Sorry.
>
>A few years ago I installed a little PHP script at blinkynet for contact
>emailing. It was a freebie, but required a visual plug for the
>company/author appear with the form (and on the mail-send-confirmed
>page).
>
>Now whois shows a new creation date in Nov 2006 for the domain, and it
>seems to have nothing to do with whomever I got the script from.
>
>Here's the old apparently one-page site from which I got the script, as
>it appears at the way-back archive from Jan 1 '04.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/yr2vzv
>
>Here's the new outfit that has the same name.
>
>http://scriptsthatwork.com/
>
>Looks like some kind of whatever you call sites that are nothing but
>links to other sites. And not at all focused: essays for college
>students, health, vacation, blah blah blah.
>
>Opinions, please. Do I owe *these* guys the mentions and links?

The copyright is still the property of the author; that didn't
transfer to new owners of the domain (unless they explicitly bought it
from him, which is extremely unlikely). So the copyright notice in the
script is now incorrect, and, from a pedantic point of view,
continuing to credit the domain is actually now a breach of copyright
(although the fact that the notice was wrongly worded to begin with
would absolve you from any responsibility in the unlikely event that
anyone was to sue you). So you certainly do not owe the new owners of
the domain anything. You do, however, owe the original author a credit
at his currently contactable address, provided you are able to
ascertain that with reasonable effort.

The legally and morally correct solution, therefore, is to try and
find the owner's current website and check that for any updates. And,
in fact, Google comes to the rescue with this:

http://formtoemail.com/

which is clearly the same script and therefore where your credits
should now be pointing.

Mark
--
http://www.MotorwayServices.info - read and share comments and opinons
"Wouldn't you love somebody to love?"

01/09/2007, 14h22	#4
Mark Goodge Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: Copyright - Old vs. New Site On 1 Sep 2007 06:24:05 GMT, Blinky the Shark put finger to keyboard and typed: >Bad Subject header -- couldn't condense this issue into something that >short that made sense. Sorry. > >A few years ago I installed a little PHP script at blinkynet for contact >emailing. It was a freebie, but required a visual plug for the >company/author appear with the form (and on the mail-send-confirmed >page). > >Now whois shows a new creation date in Nov 2006 for the domain, and it >seems to have nothing to do with whomever I got the script from. > >Here's the old apparently one-page site from which I got the script, as >it appears at the way-back archive from Jan 1 '04. > >http://tinyurl.com/yr2vzv > >Here's the new outfit that has the same name. > >http://scriptsthatwork.com/ > >Looks like some kind of whatever you call sites that are nothing but >links to other sites. And not at all focused: essays for college >students, health, vacation, blah blah blah. > >Opinions, please. Do I owe these guys the mentions and links? The copyright is still the property of the author; that didn't transfer to new owners of the domain (unless they explicitly bought it from him, which is extremely unlikely). So the copyright notice in the script is now incorrect, and, from a pedantic point of view, continuing to credit the domain is actually now a breach of copyright (although the fact that the notice was wrongly worded to begin with would absolve you from any responsibility in the unlikely event that anyone was to sue you). So you certainly do not owe the new owners of the domain anything. You do, however, owe the original author a credit at his currently contactable address, provided you are able to ascertain that with reasonable effort. The legally and morally correct solution, therefore, is to try and find the owner's current website and check that for any updates. And, in fact, Google comes to the rescue with this: http://formtoemail.com/ which is clearly the same script and therefore where your credits should now be pointing. Mark -- http://www.MotorwayServices.info - read and share comments and opinons "Wouldn't you love somebody to love?"