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Pastimes : Business Wire Falls for April Fools Prank, Sues FBNers -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cindy Powell who wrote (1568)	5/4/1999 2:25:00 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3795

On what legal foundation do you make your view that BW owns our stuff? I mean, a real solid legal standpoint, Cindy. I really don't see it that way, even by their own submission terms. Here's some additional info for ya: #reply-9303151

To: Cindy Powell who wrote (1568)	5/4/1999 11:20:00 AM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3795

Cindy, please explain to me why and how Webnode was any different from the April Fool's joke mounted by the Australian Securities Commission. Do you think they should be sued as well?

To: Cindy Powell who wrote (1568)	5/4/1999 11:23:00 AM
From: Janice Shell	Respond to of 3795

Business Wire could conceivably have this little "joke" haunt them for a long, long time. I agree. In my view, if they persist in prosecuting this lawsuit, that's very likely to be the case. They've called a lot of attention to themselves, and seem bent on continuing to do so.

To: Cindy Powell who wrote (1568)	5/4/1999 11:29:00 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3795

I think that Business Wire could be viewed as perhaps partially owning the content authored by you as well, in that Business Wire's trademark has been associated with the story. Wow. This opens a brand new field in trademark law. A groundbreaking legal doctrine. Let's see. Tom Clancy's press agent sends out to AP a news release quoting a few sentences of Tom's latest book. AP distributes it to its papers. VOILA, AP suddenly has part ownership of those parts of the Clancy book! The Washington Post prints the news release. VOILA. The Washington Post is a co-copyright owner of portions of Clancy's book. This is an exciting concept. Too bad no court anywhere has adopted it yet. But given your legal expertise and credibility, I'm sure it's just a matter of time now.