On Sun, Apr 18, 1999 at 06:27:10PM -1000, Victor A. Wagner, Jr. wrote:
> Ok, you've JUST set up an impossible situation. They can't contact the
> copyright holder (spa violation), and they can't use anything without
> asking (copyright violation).
I've done no such thing. See below.
> The way I figure it is.... if you claim copyright on something, you allow
> UNSOLICITED contact to negotiate for use.
Excuse me, but:
1. Asserting a copyright hardly constitutes granting permission
to be spammed, and
2. I'm in the phone book. I also read and answer non-UBE mail.
Topica and/or others who wish to use my copyrighted material are free
to avoid spamming me by contacting me personally (i.e. via non-UBE)
or by phone or postal mail.
That hardly makes it "impossible" for them to contact me. It's true
that it does make it more expensive and/or more of a pain than spamming,
but if they can only manage to do business by resorting to spamming,
then they shouldn't *be* in business.
---Rsk
Rich Kulawiec
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