If you guys paid for articles then he might expect a kill fee. As it is, he's full of shit.
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DavidS - Apr 15, 2009 7:32:20 am PDT #6780 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Steph L. - Apr 15, 2009 7:37:13 am PDT #6781 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
As it is, he's full of shit.
Totally. The problem is, if he decides to sue, he's forcing the company to incur expenses to defend our (legal) policy in a frivolous petty lawsuit.
Vortex - Apr 15, 2009 7:37:39 am PDT #6782 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I don't see it as a copyright issue, Steph. If anything his remedy would lie in Contract, and if you've returned all his rights to him then any injury to him is negligible.
I agree.
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Totally. The problem is, if he decides to sue, he's forcing the company to incur expenses to defend our (legal) policy in a frivolous petty lawsuit.
well, you have the right to edit, you can just edit out the self serving bit and publish the rest.
Hil R. - Apr 15, 2009 7:40:06 am PDT #6783 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
So, how do I deal with officemate insisting that he's had "unleavened bread" that wasn't crunchy, and therefore, matzo shouldn't be? (I asked him to explain the preparation of this "unleavened bread," and he did, and I explained to him what in that preparation made it not suitable for matzo. He said, "bizarre." That word -- "bizarre" -- was also his reaction to finding out that, when my family goes up to Boston for the seder, we stay at a hotel rather than at a relative's house.)
tommyrot - Apr 15, 2009 7:40:37 am PDT #6784 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
well, you have the right to edit, you can just edit out the self serving bit and publish the rest.
Just edit out everything except the letters b, u, l, l, s, h, i and t.
tommyrot - Apr 15, 2009 7:41:31 am PDT #6785 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So, how do I deal with officemate insisting that he's had "unleavened bread" that wasn't crunchy, and therefore, matzo shouldn't be? (I asked him to explain the preparation of this "unleavened bread," and he did, and I explained to him what in that preparation made it not suitable for matzo. He said, "bizarre." That word -- "bizarre" -- was also his reaction to finding out that, when my family goes up to Boston for the seder, we stay at a hotel rather than at a relative's house.)
Oh, just kill him.
Hil R. - Apr 15, 2009 7:43:40 am PDT #6786 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm really bad at dealing with stuff like this. If someone says something that's directly wrong, or clearly offensive, then I know how to argue against that. This steady stream of borderline stuff that, taken one at a time, is just irritating, I really can't figure out what to do.
DavidS - Apr 15, 2009 7:46:44 am PDT #6787 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The problem is, if he decides to sue, he's forcing the company to incur expenses to defend our (legal) policy in a frivolous petty lawsuit.
He's not going to sue. He's just an asshole blowhard.
Glamcookie - Apr 15, 2009 7:47:47 am PDT #6788 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
If it were me, I'd take the wimpy route and just be so very busy every time he asked a stupid/offensive question.
JZ - Apr 15, 2009 7:48:06 am PDT #6789 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I really can't figure out what to do.
At this point, to be honest, I'm with tommyrot.