I wonder if he had a contract that specifically sold copyrights to his
code and concepts?
Since many of us also do code, it's something that we all should be
clear with our customers on (usage rights).
Related article: http://www.dunn.com/papers/paper_13.shtml
Regards,
Steve Guluk
SGDesign
(949) 661-9333
On Oct 6, 2008, at 6:40 AM, Nick Hayer wrote:
If you search the Declude Junkmail list there were some good
comments regarding this. Also I understand Scott has a countersuit..
-Nick
Joe Wolf wrote:
I've been on this list for many years. I no longer use Imail, but
still monitor this list.
Years ago R. Scott Perry used to participate quite often. I
respected the guy. To the best of my knowledge he originated
Declude and dnsstuff.com. He did great work.
At some point in time he sold the business to the current owners.
It has gone steadily downhill ever since in my opinion. Not much
good to say about them.
Back in November, 2007 I posted the below message asking for an
alternative for dnsreport / dnsstuff. I got the info from the web
archive.
I was reading a different forum and came across a posting about one
of the top people at Declude. I did a little digging and was
amazed to find the following information.
I pass this on without comment, but some of the old timers here
know Scott pretty well.
"DECLUDE, INC. AND DNSSTUFF, LLC. v. R. SCOTT PERRY DISTRICT OF
MASSACHUSETTS (BOSTON) 1:08-cv-11072
FILED: 06/25/08"
"Declude purchased the Defendant's anti-virus, anti-spam and anti-
hijacking software in September, 2000, and sold the products as
"Declude Virus", "Declude Junkmail", and "Declude Hijack". The
Defendant, R. Scott Perry, allegedly used the same source code in
developing an additional product, and when the Plaintiff went to
venture capitalists to raise capital, the detailed due diligence
revealed that Defendant had retained a copy of the source code
contrary to the provisions of the purchase agreement in 2000, and
had again sold some of the same code to the Plaintiff in the new
product he had launched.
The Plaintiff has sued the individual Defendant for copyright
infringement, breach of contract, fraud, conversion, unjust
enrichment, and unfair and deceptive acts and practices."
-Joe
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Wolf
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Alternative to dnsreport / dnsstuff
Do you know who's behind dnsstuff.com? I remember the guy (not the
name)
that originally developed it, but he sold off most or all of his
operations
to the current Declude people. I try not to deal with them at all,
but
might be willing to sign up if it's not them.
Thanks for the info...
-Joe
