Re: FAQ Maintainers Daily Digest

Martin Leese - OMG (mleese@omg.unb.ca)
Tue, 19 Mar 96 16:03:33 AST

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Vince LaMonica <vjl@netcom.com> wrote:
...
>> Did the abuser copyright his posts? Did the posts include text saying they
>> weren't to be redistributed? If so, he does have the right to demand that
>> you pull his posts (eg: if the web maintainer was archiving clari.*
>> newsgroups, he'd have to pull them).
>>
>> Vince
>>
>> p/s - this text is all IMO; i'm not a lawyer; it may be redistributed
>> anywhere; DejaNews is at: http://www.dejanews.com/ - there - covered my
>> butt. :)

"10 Big Myths about copyright explained" over on:

http://www.cliri.net/brad/copymyth.html

states that posts are copyrighted with or without an explicit
copyright notice. It also states that the poster does not place her
or his post in the Public Domain simply by the act of posting. What
it doesn't state is whether simple archiving constitutes an abuse of
copyright.

I still say the guy should consult with his Head of Department or
Head of Computer Services. That way it becomes somebody else's
problem.

Regards,
Martin
E-mail: mleese@omg.unb.ca
WWW: http://www.omg.unb.ca/~mleese/
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