RE: Copyright as protection against liability

["Sean O'Donoghue (EPA)" <Sean.O'Donoghue -at- ericsson -dot- com -dot- au>]

I ain't a copyright lawyer or an astronaut.....however I wonder if the
caution could be that in some cases technical writers work as a company
supplying another company with the documentation that goes with the product.

In this case I am guessing that you might be exposed to a suit by the
company to whom you supplied the documentation to recover their costs.

However, as Bruce states, I suspect if you are an employee of a company it
would be the company, and not the individual who would be open to any action
taken under law.

 <snipped from Bruce>
	>> This reasoning should hold true virtually everywhere, I think.
Actually, I'm a
	>> bit surprised by the caution with which this point is made. I've
had a bit to do
	>> with copyright in my time, and I had the impression that this
reasoning was
	>> well-established.

regards and thanks,
Sean O'Donoghue-Hayes

"A dolphin with a pinball game, is like a programmer with documentation"


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