Re: Could the IAU *officially* assign star names for a fee?

From: Martin Brown (|||newspam|||_at_nezumi.demon.co.uk)
Date: 03/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:07:48 +0000

Chris L Peterson wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:00:25 GMT, Aidan Karley
> <aidan@mynameplus1.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
>>In article <5c4631dbkg8bieh62kbt8rh978uq3ieis8@4ax.com>, Chris L
>>Peterson wrote:
>>
>>>(And a word of warning- ISR has sued others for interfering with their
>>>business, so you might want to reserve a good legal budget. Harassment
>>>suits can be expensive, and these days ISR might even be granted a
>>>business practices patent on what they do!)
>>>
>>
>> Then don't do it in the States...
>
> What ISR has done (in the U.S.) is to threaten lawsuits with sufficient
> vigor that several universities have asked faculty members with pages
> describing the practice of "buying" stars to remove those pages.

Really? What about freedom of individual expression? I thought that was
enshrined in the US constitution. And won't the defence that it is a
true statement of fact work in US courts? Or is the outcome of a US
court case now mainly dependent on how much you spend on lawyers?

Regards,
Martin Brown

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