From: Kate Mahoney (kateb@paradise.net.nz)
Date: 09/22/03-12:16:03 AM Z
Absolutely right.
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From: "Gordon J. Holtslander" <holtsg@duke.usask.ca>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: Copyright
>
> Hi:
>
> Its my opinion that every individual retains copyright of anything they
> have posted to this mailing list. The fact that it is archived and more
> or less freely distributed to everyone who is subscribed to the list does
> not nullify copyright.
>
> The method of distribution and the archiving of messages are understood
> and implicitly accepted by participating in this list.
>
> I'm not a lawyer but I believe any use of an individuals postings outside
> of this context would be a violation of copyright.
>
> Gord
> List Manager
>
> On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Katharine Thayer wrote:
>
> > While I'm here, I've been thinking it's time for another reminder about
> > copyright laws, after a private correspondent suggested that because the
> > information from this forum is archived in such a way that it can be
> > accessed by the general public, that makes it fair game to be used by
> > anyone for any purpose; for example a list member could collect and
> > publish information from this list without permission of the authors,
> > perhaps even without attribution.
> >
> > (Have you noticed, BTW, that it is invariably people who have never had
> > an original thought or created an original thing who think copyright
> > laws are optional?)
> >
> > A member of my family is an attorney who serves on the American Bar
> > Association committee dealing with legal issues around the internet. She
> > says people like to use two different excuses to violate copyright laws
> > on the internet. The first excuse is, "everyone does it." Her answer to
> > that is that if she's driving 75 miles an hour in a 55 mile zone, and
> > everyone around her is also driving 75 miles an hour, that doesn't
> > change the fact that she's breaking the law. The second excuse is that
> > the internet has rendered copyright laws null and void. Her answer to
> > that is that the copyright law has not changed. The fact that things are
> > easy to rip off on the internet doesn't make it okay.
> >
> > It's kind of like those public service commercials that said "Don't help
> > a good boy go bad" (by leaving your keys in the car). By that logic,
> > it's incumbent on the person who has knowledge not to share it, because
> > once shared, it's fair game to be ripped off. If people with information
> > stop sharing that information, that will be the end of the internet and
> > of this forum. I personally think that would be a terrible shame. So,
> > I'm just saying, think about it.
> >
> > Katharine Thayer
> >
>
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