RE: injecting a little whimsy into grey text

Subject: RE: injecting a little whimsy into grey text
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 09:15:36 -0400

IANAL, but I share their famous lack of whimsy. Before I'd use character
names from a copyrighted work in my manuals, I'd consider the risk that
the copyright owner will raise a legal ruckus.

(AKA the "ruckus risk," which is hard to say five times fast)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jessica Weissman
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:30 AM
> To: Janice Gelb; techwr-l List
> Subject: RE: injecting a little whimsy into grey text
>
> Along these lines, I always take my user name and place name
> examples from the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace.
> Harmless fun and one user who got it actually called me on
> the phone to say how much she loved the books when she was growing up.
>

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References:
injecting a little whimsy into grey text: From: Milan Davidovic
Re: injecting a little whimsy into grey text: From: Janice Gelb
RE: injecting a little whimsy into grey text: From: Jessica Weissman

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