Fwd: Serious breach of copyright -- First post

[Kevin Brunelle]

On Sunday 18 June 2006 21:54, David Hoffman wrote:
> However, most of what you wrote is incorrect.  Are you seriously trying to
> tell us that the author's name is 'Brett Soupman'?  That seems like a
> pseudonym at best. It's hardly clear he's given you permission to republish
> the work, let alone to claim it as your own.

Do you represent the copyright holder of this article in any manner?  I'm not 
convinced that you do if you're not even aware of what his name is.  And even 
if Brett Soupman is a pseudonym (which I have seen no indication to support 
that) the author still has copyright -- something you wish to argue about -- 
but can grant the use of his work under the pseudonym.  If he couldn't then 
it would be pointless to use one in the first place.

> Moreover, due to the 
> copyright notice attributing the page to HOUFUG, exactly who owns the
> article is ambiguous at best.  Sure, Brett owns it, but does HOUFUG own it
> as well? This isn't at all clear.

It is standard practice on the web for site and design copyright to go at the 
bottom of each page.  The fact that this copyright is stated in the same 
location the site and not the article (as well as the fact that it's on every 
page) would lead any reasonable person to believe it talks about the website 
and not the article.  Especially considering that valid copyright is now 
listed on the site in large clear font.

You've given strong reason to suspect that you're just trying to stir up 
trouble and not actually concerned about this copyright issue.  If you had 
been, this would have been approached in a much different manner.  I'm not 
sure if you are upset about the reference on a personal webpage to the 
English only thing (something surely not supported by the project itself) or 
have just found a reason to act self-righteous for other purposes.

If you are, in fact, representing the copyright holder of this article or any 
other item on the website, could you please clarify that and stop trying to 
incite something?

-Kevin