On Wed, May 17, 2006 1:34 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > At 10:31 AM 5/17/2006, Daniel T. Staal wrote: > >>On Wed, May 17, 2006 1:23 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> > >> > as opposed to annoying "copyright notifications" attached to email >> > published to mailing lists, that state information that is wholey >> > meaningless within the context of a publicly distributed mailing >> > list, so therefore nothing more than junk bytes your forcing >> > mailservers to digest? >> >>Read mine. ;) > > that's what i was referring to. it's nothing but junk bytes. it > accomplishes nothing, and adds *no* useful information to the message.
It does several things: specifically acknowledges the public nature of email, and clarifies accepted use vs. non-accepted use. (And yes, the difference has come up for some people, particularly on email lists.) Also, it *limits* the copyright term substantially over the normal. These are all legally useful bits of information, and since I'm *granting* you rights, should be legally binding. It may not be relevant on any particular email, but it might be relevant on some, and I have no way of knowing beforehand which are which. It also gives my opinion of the more common copyright notices, and my opinion of the state of copyright law in general. Which is something I care about, and it does it without getting in your face. I'd shorten it more, but this is already the short version. It is useless if it isn't on every - or nearly every - email I send. It's as short as I can make it, and in a place that most people already ignore. It has some legal effects. I figure I've seen worse sigs. And this one I care about. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
