Terry, if you know of a case that has been successfully argued in
  these terms, then I'd appreciate more information- otherwise this
  is similar to 'software licensing' where anything and everything
  goes, and as far as i am aware, websites have yet to have these
  legal shakeouts. these are still open, extremely 'fuzzy' areas. no
  need to further discuss it in these terms on Museum-L, but if you
  have more information, please send it to me. copyright and IP
  (intellectual property) issues are being vigorously debated in
  online forums, if anyone wants to explore it further. thanks. brian

  (software licensing, as you may know, is a catch-all disclaimer which
  holds the user responsible for any potential problem that occurs,
  as does much of the technology industry: result? buggy software,
  poor manufacturing of hardware, and no customer support as the
  stuff is never broken- it is shipped this way and called 'new'. if one
  wants to include 'websites' and content in this same model, it may
  be precedent setting and so far, it has remained in the breaking of
  weak encryption schemes, branding issues, and parody websites.)

On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at 04:32  PM, Terry Peeler wrote:

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