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Re: Quoting copyrighted material in a tech manual?
Subject:Re: Quoting copyrighted material in a tech manual? From:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> To:Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- cytomedix -dot- com> Date:Tue, 17 Jun 2014 07:51:36 -0700
On Tuesday, June 17, 2014, Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- cytomedix -dot- com> wrote:
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> [TECHWR-L conundrum #237: Nobody on TECHR-L is a lawyer; nearly everybody
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Technically, Lauren is a lawyer (state of California) but companies should
have legal counsel who can address this.
Or the counsel could be (as I heard in my circles recently) of the mind
that "this is too small potatoes for me. You figure it out and I'll cover
your back if it hits the fan."
-Tony
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