Re: My .sig
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: snipped to avoid copyright problems The contents of this message © 2004 by the author. All rights reserved. Any reproduction, redistribution, duplication, forwarding, dissemination, publication, broadcast, transmission or other use of the contents of this message, in whole or in part, with or without attribution, with or without this copyright statement, in any form by any means whatsoever is strictly and expressly prohibited.² What I'm trying to say is that in actual effect I cannot quote any of your message to reply to since it has been copywrited. If I were employed in a sensitive area I would be that carefull. Maybe you'll agree that this is a bit over the top. So although it is understandable I gues that this is probably not what you intended. :O) Sonja ;o) GCU: You'll never be able to prevent some from inflicting malice on you when they really have set their hart on hurting you or your loved ones. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
My .sig
FWIW, it occurs to me that some here may be wondering about my new .sig, and since the reason is related to a topic which has been brought up on this list, I thought I'd share it. On another list that I'm on, there have been several incidents recently where someone (or perhaps more than one someone) using an assumed name has been deliberately copying portions of messages and forwarding them out of context in an attempt to get the original poster in trouble. In one case, an offhand remark intended as humor¹ made about two years ago by one poster which was forwarded to his bosses by this snitch caused the person to be recently fired from the position he held for the past 35 years, with about two years to go before retirement. The message below is an attempt -- in addition to the message from the list owner (an attorney) that all messages posted to the list are automatically copyrighted and are not to be forwarded without permission to remind whoever is doing this -- to remind whoever is doing this that what he is doing is illegal. Unless anyone here is thinking of doing anything like that, don't worry about it. I added it to my default .sig so it appears on all my messages, but will get it straightened out soon. Everyone over there is still (understandably) upset over what has happened, so we are probably all overreacting just a bit right now. _ ¹Admittedly in poor taste, but far less offensive than many which appear regularly both on this list and the other list. -- Ronn! :) The contents of this message © 2004 by the author. All rights reserved. Any reproduction, redistribution, duplication, forwarding, dissemination, publication, broadcast, transmission or other use of the contents of this message, in whole or in part, with or without attribution, with or without this copyright statement, in any form by any means whatsoever is strictly and expressly prohibited.² ²As one person on that list has pointed out, at least it doesn't continue ... by Major League Baseball. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: My .sig
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Unless anyone here is thinking of doing anything like that, don't worry about it. I added it to my default .sig so it appears on all my messages, but will get it straightened out soon. Everyone over there is still (understandably) upset over what has happened, so we are probably all overreacting just a bit right now. How about adding an exception for archiving mailing lists, to keep your list managers comfortable? -- Nick Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: My .sig (vs fair use)
Nick Arnett wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Unless anyone here is thinking of doing anything like that, don't worry about it. I added it to my default .sig so it appears on all my messages, but will get it straightened out soon. Everyone over there is still (understandably) upset over what has happened, so we are probably all overreacting just a bit right now. How about adding an exception for archiving mailing lists, to keep your list managers comfortable? Not that I'm a lawyer, but I don't buy that one CAN stop their posts from being copied by copyrighting them. The average email is quite short--couldn't one copy the entire thing under fair use? (And if I just want to embarrass someone, I can make do with just a fraction of their email.) Now if you were to post an original novel in serialized form, it would probably violate copyright to take all your posts, paste them together, and pass it on. A reference: http://www.bitlaw.com/copyright/fair_use.html ---David ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
