Remember that the lawyer in question is not your lawyer. You probably shouldn't take the above (or, in fact, the below - nothing I say is legal advice, nothing

Remember that the lawyer in question is not your lawyer. You probably shouldn't take the above (or, in fact, the below - nothing I say is legal advice, nothing in this thread is legal advice) as legal advice. I am definitely not a lawyer, but that lawyer's response sounds reasonable, but it sounds like it was also likely under a range of conditions -- in particular, I think if you ever get in a position where you have a bit of a "special" contract (i.e., anything unusual in the broad sense of the term) copyright could very well apply.