i18n@... wrote:

>
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > It occurs to me that this is an indication that "Barry" is British and
> > not American, since it appears to use the word "hire" of things rather
> > than people -- here we "rent" cars, there they "hire" them.
> >
> > The surface meaning of "work for hire" is that someone hires authors to
> > write works, not that someone "hires" sections or a book, which is
> > uninterpretable.
>
> If you feel comfortable that based on the information you have, "Barry"
> is British, then the others here who know me in the flesh will surely
> take that as evidence of your deductive reasoning skills, right or
> wrong. Except they, unlike you, will know the answer with certainty :)

I bet they're just _thrilled_ to "know the answer with certainty."

Why are you ashamed of who you are?

> Or, the alternative may be that your understanding of the legal issues
> surrounding "work for hire" are thinner then you might think. Seriously,
> if you google "work for hire", and try to find some references to works
> structured somewhat similarly as the one we are talking about, you might
> find something useful there. Maybe findlaw.com is a good place to start.
>
> Let's agree to disagree and move on ok?

Maybe you should just stop trying to give me "advice."
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...