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Old Wed Jun 18, 2008, 04:26pm
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
There is a difference between finding and posting information and selling the information. Much of this information is also public and if you do a search on some of these people you will find bios in on other websites. If that was the case there would be a lot of lawsuits. I would not compare this information to something Sony or Microsoft is going through with software and content thief.
Jeff, you're only showing what you don't know about IP. Whether or not there's a sale involved is irrelevant. Just because something is 'public' does not mean it is in the public domain. And there are - believe it or not - a lot of lawsuits and a lot of money that changes hands at the mere threat of a lawsuit. More than you can imagine.