[PLUG] google docs
Robert Munro
ramunro at speakeasy.net
Tue Jul 28 03:18:58 UTC 2009
> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, at 02:45 PM, TedKubaska wrote:
>
> So I thought I'd bring this up on PLUG to see if anyone else has encountered this issue and has any experience or opinion. And I appreciate the input.
>
> -ted
> On Jul 27, 2009, at 4:30 PM, Larry W wrote:
>
> TedKubaska wrote:
> Agents tell him that he can only sell those FNASR if the work has never been published anywhere else.
>
> I'm not a lawyer, but using Google Docs for the purpose for which it is
> intended - the creating, storing and editing of written works - does not
> mean they have been published. I believe the literal definition is to
> make the work available to the public in some fashion. It could also
> mean that allowing you to view the work it is in some fashion published
> and so cannot be sold. He should ask the agents to clarify their
> statement with regard to Google Docs.
>
> Larry
>
IANAL, but I'd say the answer depends entirely upon whether Google Docs
makes his text publicly available. If so, that is publishing. If not,
and possibly with appropriate safeguards both info-security and couched
in legal language, then... maybe not.
Your friend needs to talk with *his* lawyer about this. Even if all he
spends to 'hire' that lawyer about this is a lunch, or round of drinks.
Robert
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