Since Miguel specifically mentioned my signature file, I thought I would
explain my logic. My knowledge of the copyright laws is a bit out of
date; so, some of the logic might be based on assumptions that have
changed because of court rulings.
1. Something which made available to the public
David wrote:
Since Miguel specifically mentioned my signature file, I thought I would
explain my logic. My knowledge of the copyright laws is a bit out of
date; so, some of the logic might be based on assumptions that have
changed because of court rulings.
1. Something which made
Stephen Black wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Bill Southerly wrote:
I think Rick's excellent summary reflects closely my own
thoughts. Whether it is legal to forward someone's message
to TIPS without their permission, I believe is still open to
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Bill Southerly wrote:
I think Rick's excellent summary reflects closely my own
thoughts. Whether it is legal to forward someone's message
to TIPS without their permission, I believe is still open to
interpretation from the various
Has it slipped people's minds that TIPS is fully, publicly archived?
See http://www.mail-archive.com/tips@fre.fsu.umd.edu
--David Epstein
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From: Bill Southerly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Subject: Re: Policy to forward TIPS posts?
TIPSters,
I think Rick's excellent summary reflects closely my own thoughts. Whether
it is
legal
David wrote:
Has it slipped people's minds that TIPS is fully, publicly archived?
See http://www.mail-archive.com/tips@fre.fsu.umd.edu
Not at all--but being publicly _archived_ isn't the same as being in the
public domain.
For example, if I write an article for a
At 10:47 PM 1/17/01 -0500, you wrote:
So I would suggest that seeking permission to use a post is at this time the
most defensible approach.
I guess I'll stick to the old "ask for permission policy" if I want to forward
a TIPS message, except for Stephen's--and I know I'll be using a few of his!
My 2 cents is that since TIPs is essentially a public discussion forum,
there should be no restrictions on distributing the posts. If the group was
closed and our discussions reflected the limitations of the membership then
I would want approval to distribute my comments. But as we have seen from
