Re: An email from yoursecuritysource.com's hosting provider

[Frank Olson <use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Frank Olson wrote:
> tourman wrote:
>> On Oct 23, 3:11 am, Frank Olson
>> <use_the_email_li...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Nomen Nescio wrote:
>>>> Ask them to identify the specific copyrighted work to which they are
>>>> referring, by title.  Obviously you cannot remove an allegedly
>>>> copyrighted
>>>> work unless they tell you specifically what it is.
>>>> Then ask them for proof that the person or entity that has filed the
>>>> complaint is the owner of the copyright, or the authorized agent of the
>>>> copyright owner.
>>> My Lawyer said the same thing...  almost to a word.
>>
>> RHC: What is it with these idiots. I have a link up on my website but
>> it doesn't work because I don't have the space to house the Techman
>> files. These guys are a real bunch of bad actors ! Frank, may I have
>> your permission to set the hyperlink on my site to lead to the link on
>> your site that gives access to this file ?
>>
>
>
> By all means.  I'm sorta hoping my HP isn't going to "cave" without
> their ensuring a TOS violation has occured (like Jim's did for a few
> days).  I'd really like them to show me were a US Court Injunction
> against a US company has *any* bearing on what I do (in Canada).  I
> still can't understand why Tech Help was removed from his site.  One
> thing he's not posted is the Injunction and perhaps the wording in that
> is what prohibits him from posting the links to the AlarmsBC website as
> well.  If you actually look at the manuals offered on that site, there
> are only a few of the early ones that have a Brinks Copyright.  The
> Brinks 3000 manual has an Intellisense Copyright and is therefore not
> their intellectual property.


On further reflection I'm also wondering why Honeywell, Ademco, DSC,
Moose, Elk, Napco, etc. haven't proceeded against
http://www.tech-man.com and http://www.alarmsbc.ca.  Do you really think
they care whether their manuals are made public?  Remember when Bass
kept posting the Dealer login information for the Honeywell site?  I
sincerely doubt they care either way because nothing has ever come of
it.  In fact, being able to demonstrate how simple one panel is to
operate and having the ability to compare features is probably a big
help to the manufacturers in providing competitive product.  I think the
reason why Brinks doesn't want that information out there is because
their technology is years behind or has been "dumbed down" from the
standard panel Honeywell and GE offers.  It's going to make it pretty
easy to sell against.  As for Brinks having any "intellectual property",
they don't.  As Jim has demonstrated, even their much "ballyhooed"
Patented keypad has a Copyright stamp from Scantronics on the back.  If
Jim's posts the appropriate Scantronics programming sheets (with the
appropriate Brinks revisions to the program fields), I don't see that
they can do *anything* about that.