The net is not changing intellectual property law, to my knowledge.
The net is _being_ changed more by the changes in law, I'd wager.
>However, regardless of what the law might say, I *personally* feel that
>anything *I* post to the net enters the public domain instantly.
Then you should say so in your postings. To all the signers of the
Berne convention treaty, your postings are *copyrighted* material
unless stated otherwise. (as well as your e-mail)
> I
>realize that many, perhaps most, people don't agree with me.
I'm using your copyrighted e-mail to form another copyrighted e-mail
message. (which falls under "fair use") Copyrights are not a stamp
of death. They are to protect ownership.
>Using two fairly common usenet analogies, I think it is pointless and
>unenforceable to get upset with people who make photocopies of the flier
>you stapled to every telephone pole in sight. Once something been dropped
>onto the net, there is no way to trace or track that information -- you
>might as well drop leaflets from an airplane.
To use another net analogy, this time in real life:
At one time, Apple Computer distributed the operating system to Macintoshes
FREE via anonymous FTP. They in a broadcasted it over the net, with
no controls. Are you saying that the OS is public domain?
--Dave
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