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Subject:	Re: Pastel = Profit (Was Re: 2000 Dealer catalogue Removal Request Backfire?))
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 10 Dec 1999 14:47:51 GMT
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Christopher Weeks wrote: > My comment about understood commitments above is fraught with peril. I > have on a number of occasions been told that I am contractually obliged > to, for instance, pay income taxes because there is an implied contract > between the US gubmint and myself. I don't buy it. I never will. I > have the right not to enter that contract and my silence on the matter > doesn't automatically shove me into it. On the other hand, I am allowed > to enter these 'implied' or 'understood' contracts when I want to. And > I consider them equally binding on my behavior. One interesting question is how does one determine that someone has accepted an implied or understood contract? > Does that cover it? If not, feel free to ask again or point out holes. > This helps me to formalize my opinions. Ok, now how are TLC's intellectual property rights different from the property rights of me for my LEGO collection? Or is the argument you are making that since their "fair use" statement doesn't preclude certain items, that it automatically covers every piece of their IP? -- Frank Filz ----------------------------- Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please) Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com

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		Re: Pastel = Profit (Was Re: 2000 Dealer catalogue Removal Request Backfire?))
(...) Sometimes that's hard. Misunderstandings and differing expectations happen all the time and largely it's because of different world-view which is kind of the same as having accepted different implied contracts. I (sort of) keep track of what (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Pastel = Profit (Was Re: 2000 Dealer catalogue Removal Request Backfire?))
(...) Hi Frank, Actually, the reasoning for why your property is safe while I'm in your apartment falls under both my contract and aesthetics categories. When I refer to contracts in a broad sense I don't just mean reams of legalese with hundreds of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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