For Andrew Gabriel Roth

[Paul Younan]

If The Way was so quick to jump on YOU, than I say WHY NOT on James Trimm!?

Not really jumping, it was a reasonable request. Before they even contacted me, I had that footnote in the Lexicon search page specifically naming them and thanking them for the data.

What they requested, which is perfectly reasonable, is that I include a copyright statement on the page. It is their work, after all. I also mentioned Dr. Kiraz and his compilation of the SEDRA relational database.

So the mention of thanks was already there, I wouldn't call it jumping on me to request a copyright statement. They could have done so in a little gentler way, though (in case you're reading this, The Way!) instead of sending a letter via an attorney they could have just emailed me. <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!-- s -->

When I got the letter, I just took the whole Lexicon down, which made their attorney call me right away and said they felt bad about that and didn't mean to have it taken down. I said "yeah right, copyright infringement is serious money" and he laughed. Not that I'm selling anything here. =)