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.

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.)

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.

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.

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.

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.

If it were me, I'd take the wimpy route and just be so very busy every time he asked a stupid/offensive question.

I really can't figure out what to do.

At this point, to be honest, I'm with tommyrot.

So, how do I deal with officemate insisting that he's had "unleavened bread" that wasn't crunchy, and therefore, matzo shouldn't be?

Just tell him he should stop talking about things he knows nothing about and turn your back on him or leave the room and go for a walk! You don't HAVE to be nice! You have to be serious, not wimpy, with him or he's going to keep doing it and pissing you off. SHUT HIM DOWN! it's not that hard.

So, how do I deal with officemate insisting that he's had "unleavened bread" that wasn't crunchy, and therefore, matzo shouldn't be?

Executive Bitchslap.