4 Nov
2003
4 Nov
'03
10:17 a.m.
Joe asks:
Why not? If they're going to let Dave copy and
sell CDs then why not let
everyone do it?
Ya gotta try to think like a lawyer to understand stuff like this.
To a laywer, granting any sort of permission to any party potentially
creates liability. Does granting permission to reproduce old calculator
manuals *really* create any liability? Probably not. But NOT granting
permission definitely doesn't. Thus the answer "no" is the safe answer,
and the one legal is most likely to give.
To get an answer other than "no", you usually have to have someone inside
the company (but not in legal) championing the cause. Granting blanket
permission for everyone to do something is seen as even more potential
liability than granting permission to one person or a group.