Re: Client misunderstanding of public domain

Subject: Re: Client misunderstanding of public domain
From: Jay Maechtlen <techwriter -at- covad -dot- net>
To: Traci Pearson <pearsontechcomm -at- comcast -dot- net>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:33:33 -0700

Traci Pearson wrote:
> Aargh!
> I've got a client who insists that I use content
> that is posted on the Web in a manual I'm doing
> for them. Not only that, they want me to edit the
> content to match the style of their manual.
>
> The writer of the content on the Web is someone
> they know and, apparently, he said they could use
> his manual (what he has posted on the web) to
> give to their (my client's) customers if they wanted.
>
Aside from all the others, is there a reason you can't email the writer
of the content, and ask them?

Based on that response, you'd know which way to go...

cheers
Jay
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