Re: use, plus Disney mystery

[walter biscardi] ""Pretending not to know" is what schoolchildren do, not lawyers and professionals in business."

Oooo burned!

Since neither of us is a lawyer this is kind of an unenlightening discussion, but do you have any evidence for your blanket statement? I have seen plenty of instances where businessmen (and policemen/lawyers/judges) exercised discretion about issues that were too trivial to litigate, enforce, or otherwise get hassled about. Which was the point of my question -- trying to get more info about the gray areas where rights enforcements are more trouble than they're worth. The law is clear enough; the practice is not.

The reason that Disney is famous about its rights enforcement policy is that they are exceptionally vigilant about enforcement. Not every business fits that mold. Hasbro, to take one recent example, took quite awhile to deal with Scrabulous -- and Hasbro is still in business.