Serious breach of copyright -- First post

David Hoffman zionicman at gmail.com
Mon Jun 19 01:05:58 UTC 2006


It'll certainly be less confusing that what HouFUG is publishing.  They've
now noted on their site that it was written by you.  However, they STILL
claim they own the copyright.  Have you waived any of your exclusive rights
to the work?

On 6/18/06, Brett <thisdayislong at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I hope the DMCA copyright notice, found at
> http://arbornet.org/~soup/dmca.html , clears up any confusion.
>
> thank you!
> On 6/18/06, Ingrid Kast Fuller <ingrid at cityscope.net> wrote:
> > I responded to Bretts email 6 minutes after he informed me there maybe a
> > problem with this article.  He did NOT bother to tell me he was the
> owner of
> > it.  All I knew is someone named Brett at thisdayislong at gmail.com was
> > letting me know there was a problem.  I immediately went to arbornet.orgto
> > see where the original information was so I could find the originator's
> name
> > and emailed him back, here is my reply.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ingrid Kast Fuller [mailto:ingrid at cityscope.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 6:40 PM
> > To: 'Brett'
> > Subject: RE: concerned question
> >
> > I got the information from the freebsd-config mailing list which is
> > referenced at the bottom.
> > Do you know where the original information is on arbornet.org?  I would
> not
> > want to infringe on anyone's rights.
> >
> >
> > Ingrid Kast Fuller
> > CityScope Net 713-477-6161
> > 3910 Fairmont Parkway #264
> > Pasadena, TX 77504-3076
> > http://www.cityscope.net
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brett [mailto:thisdayislong at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 6:34 PM
> > To: ingrid at cityscope.net
> > Subject: concerned question
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > It has come to my attention that you have an article, located at
> > http://www.houfug.org/help/install_freebsd.htm
> > that is hosted on your fine site and yet is not referenced.  It holds a
> > copyright reference for houfug, who did not write the article.
> > Please attribute the work to soup at arbornet.org .
> >
> > Thank you,
> > A concerned citizen
> >
> >
> >
>


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