Neil,
I had a problem not too dissimilar to this years ago, I was really really pissed off. I spoke to a friend of mine, a Barrister, what he said was that:
i. An organisation that infringes copyright on item without much valu is a mickey mouse organisation.
ii. You can pursuer them legally, but...
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I recently put a new site online, I had a look at the logs yesterday and to my surprise mos of the visitors seem to head straight for the privacy policy page.
I really cannot recall reading privacy policy of any sites, I'm I the exception or do most people read privacy policy of websites?
Another example.
A guy started a Pizza shop called Easy Pizza. He was sued by Easy Jet Group. Easy Jet group lost because the judge was satisfied that "Easy" is a generic English language word, the guy sell Pizza and not evidence that he is trying to profit off Easy Groups name etc.
Thanks for that contribution OWG, I would quite like the guy to test this legally like he is threating to do, maybe it will set some sort of precedence. But I am 98% sure that he does not have a case, the words in question are actually generic words. If it was a word he created for example...
I have a website that uses Google, Yahoo and MSN in its title tag, I have had the site for years, I have never had any complaints from those three companies.
I got and email from a guy a day or so ago asking me to remove the name of his site from my sites title tag or one of my sites or else he will take legal action against me. I told him to go ahead and be my guest.
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You can sign and agreement/contract, but it cannot be enforced, besides, the money is way too small to warrant enforcement.
I think you should go for the project, half expecting not to see you money or any return on it.
But if you get some return, then that would be a bonus. If the return on...
You need permission from them to use their logo, its their copyright. You will be hearing from their lawyers in no time if they know about your project.
I have outsourced a few projects with varing success. If I have to choose between outsourcingand doing stuff in house, I preferr getting things done with my staff than outsourcing.
I have had a major project messed up by and outsourcing company who currupted my code with open source code which...
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