To: John Sladek who wrote (1556 ) 5/4/1999 2:22:00 AM From: Bill Ulrich Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3795
Beyond "is", BW's interpretation of trade, commerce, and unfair competition should be interesting. And then there's that pesky intellectual content matter. Their name aside, their presumption of control over our material is absurd. Note that they make the claim of the story text being their intellectual property. However, this was our originally authored material. Note that in the agreement, ( about.businesswire.com ), there is nothing that says "your originally authored content becomes ours to control". It is not a case of signing away our rights to our own material. We wrote it—we own it. I bring it up for the benefit of those under the mistaken impression that the situation started with us being rude and them being nice. It was actually quite the opposite. Despite their presumption of control of our content, I politely took their name off at the earliest opportunity I could (3 1/2 hours after the first request). -----Original Message----- From: Deborah Pickering /NY <Deborah@bizwire.com> To: jmitchelxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, April 05, 1999 1:15 PM Subject: remove Business Wire name/news release version from your site Dear Jeff, This letter is to request that you immediately remove the Business Wire name and Business Wire copy of the news release from your Internet site, www.webnode.com. The specific news release that you are being asked to remove is dated April 1, 1999, with the headline, "Next Generation Internet Available for Public Sale." The Business Wire name is trademarked and news releases that are carried on Business Wire are copyrighted. Thus, you are being asked to remove Business Wire's intellectual property from your Internet site. I would appreciate your advising me when this has been done. Thank you for your cooperation and immediate attention to this matter. Sincerely, Deborah Pickering Vice President Redistribution/Licensing Business Wire - New York 212/752-9600 phone