Actually, I had spelled it out a few years ago in the welcome and had
pretty much said it like you did. Some did not like the idea that I
had *any* claim at all, even tho by staying on they agreed. Then I
pointed out that eGroups pretty much owns the content, also, and that
signing on was an agreement. Showed them chapter and verse. Shut
them up.
> At a 10,000 foot level, I think there's more or less general
> consensus that the original poster owns copyright of their message,
> but the list owner can assert a copyright on the compilation of
> postings that make up the list. That would mean the poster has say how
> any individual message can be re-used (keeping in mind the tenets of
> fair use, of course), while the list owner has the say in how the list
> content in aggregate is used.
