11-21-2005, 16:38
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Legal Question
Here's another question for everyone. I searched on here and couldn't find anything relating to this. It should make for interesting discussion. Me and a friend wrote a training book while in the Army (7th SFG) A company wants to publish it for public sale. We want to know what the legal rules are for doing this. The facts about the book are below.
1. We were not assigned to write the Book it was done on our own initiative.
2. There is nothing classified or sensitive in the book.
3. We are both out of the Army now.
4. The book was worked on during duty hours.
5. All photos in the Book were taken with a personal camera not a government camera.
6. Everything in the Book is already public knowledge. The info just has never been gathered together in the present format. It won't help the enemy any more then the thousands of training and fighting manuals out there.
7. The Company approached us about publishing it. Im not marketing this Training Book but if someone is going to pay us for it I don't want to break any laws or rules out there. Any other questions please ask.
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11-21-2005, 20:17
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Pictures
I post a lot of pictures but my "newer" ones are over 10 years old.
How old are your's? Some of the younger guys still active may not like their pictures plastered in a book. They might be a tad touchy about their activities and pictures.
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11-21-2005, 20:19
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You're going to jail Dude... 
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11-21-2005, 21:53
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Originally Posted by NousDefionsDoc
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The Professional Soldiers Intellectual Property Rights Attorney has spoken.
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11-21-2005, 22:14
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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey
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No need for name calling now Bill, What has Our Esteemed NDD done to deserve such a reptillian title as "Attorney"?
Damn, it sends shivers down my spine just to type it
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11-21-2005, 22:51
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Shooting from the hip here, but since you are asking, as long as you are the author, it contains no copywrited or classified info, I see no legal reason not to let them publish it.
A company took my Master's Thesis and published it without my permission because it is considered public domain.
What is the Army going to do to you, bring you back on active duty and prosecute you or take it out of your retirement check?
TR
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11-22-2005, 06:34
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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey
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What'd I do to you?
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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11-22-2005, 07:27
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Originally Posted by NousDefionsDoc
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The PS.com "Intellectual Property Rights Attorney" has special powers that cannot be discussed on an open forum.
This was not a shot at you NDD, I'm smarter than I look. 
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11-22-2005, 10:25
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book
There’s no pictures of people in the Book. NDD Im going to lawyer up...........
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11-22-2005, 11:28
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Originally Posted by kgoerz
There’s no pictures of people in the Book. NDD Im going to lawyer up...........
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You've come to the right place, It's practically a shark tank around here.
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11-22-2005, 17:25
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Lawyer up! LOL
Shark tank! LOL
You guys crack me up!
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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11-22-2005, 17:28
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Legal
There are no pictures of people in the book. Thanks for the info. NDD im going to lawyer up..........
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11-22-2005, 17:36
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Again? That's a lot of lawyering up for one book...
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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