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Try writing or calling the copywrite office or better write your 2
Washington senators or congressman. If a senator or a congressman sends a
query to a Federal agency, the head of the agency must reply within a short
period of time, I think its about 2 weeks. If one of your representatives
forwards your letter,you'll get a quick response. On the other hand you
might get no response or an irrelevant response to your letter from some or
all of your representatives.
You might try writing to Drummond. Offer to give him full credit for his
original formulation and referencing his book.
While patent law covers formulas (they are not patentable), copywrite law is
quite different and regulated by a different agency.
Based on my experience in industry, I sort of doubt that formulas by
themselves can be copywrite.In engineering matters, the only way people have
made money out of their formulas was to keep them secret and manufacture the
better equipment that followed from their research. One such example are the
transmission towers that support power lines. Some decades ago a Canadian
company developed a different method for designing these towers that
resulted in lighter and cheaper structures. This gave them a huge
competitive edge all over the world. After a few years, the competition
figured it out themselves, so the edge was lost. At this point the chief
engineer published the basic methodology and it later became an accepted
design method for steel structures.
No structural engineer has ever paid a fee for using formulas/methods that
were published in copywrite but open literature. Some of these
formulas/methods were worth megabucks to the industry.
Has anyone heard of Wilder, Williams, Rashcke getting fees from people like
us when we use their published copywrite formulas or procedures?
Lionel Issen
lissen@xxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: Glen Wallace <gcwallace@xxxxxxxx>
To: MetaStock listserver <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: Question....
Adam:
Three issues. The statutory issue -- does copyright law cover formulas.
You'll probably never get a clear answer from a lawyer on this. Second, the
contractual issue. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Drummond require a
non-disclosure contract? If so, you'll probably find your answer there.
Third, the moral issue -- is this yours to give away. I don't know. You'll
have to answer that question yourself.
In any case, I'm sure we would all love to hear your views and
recommendations
on Drummond's methods.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Hefner" <vonhef@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 8:35 PM
Subject: Question....
> Any legal minds here? I have been learning a trading method, and have
since
> developed an
> "Expert Advisor" and MetaStock code to go along with it. My question deals
> with sharing this
> Code with others... for example here is a statement from there web page:
>
> Any formulae presented are copyrighted. .... Copyright © 1996,
> 1997, 1998, 1999 Charles Drummond
> "Drummond Geometry", "PL", "P&L", "Point and Line" copyright by Charles
> Drummond. All rights reserved.
>
> I did learn a method developed by Drummond, but all of my code is my own
> work, so my question is:
> What are my limitations in sharing my MetaStock work? I have no
intentions
> of selling this, nor actively
> teaching others how to use it.... but I don't mind sharing the MetaStock
> code (If it wont get me into trouble).
>
> Thanks,
> Adam Hefner
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