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Is Gazprom really expecting Europe to take its side against Ukraine? | 102 comments (102 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: okay, (none / 0)

Are you telling me the paraphrase he did of the paragraph I quoted side by side would not stand up in court? All he did was change the connective words between clauses, replace a period with an 'and' and stuff like that.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 04:27:58 AM EST
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Re: okay, (none / 1)

These cases are more difficult than you seem to think. Especially concerning factual information, more than "creative" writing, and even there court cases can drag on.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 04:35:19 AM EST
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Not only that (none / 1)

But even if you win the "case" the judge may take the view the damage was trivial, award trivial damages, and leave you to pay your own substantial costs.

Far better that pissing the guy off with a quasi legal threatening letter which he knows you can't follow up on, I would suggest a "nice" letter noting that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but requesting attribution and links back.

notes from no w here

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 09:45:18 AM EST
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Re: Not only that (4.00 / 2)

Right. We don't have a big stick, and shouldn't use a threatening tone as if we did! We'll write to him of course, asking for attribution on the three sites he's posted this on. Apart from Ocnus:

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by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 10:11:12 AM EST
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