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Mark Loundy wrote:
> My postings here are for distribution on this list and for storage in the
> online-news archive. They are not for any other use without my express
> permission.

My understanding is that ASCII text published on USENET is in the public
domain. You could try putting a copyright statement on it, but I'll bet
you'd lose if you tried to enforce it. I'm not at all sure about mailing
lists, "public" or otherwise. Seems to me if the only requirement for
membership to a mail list is sending a subscribe command, that's pretty
public. It's the equivelent of standing on the streetcorner and thumpin'
a bible or whatever. It's a public forum, just like a courtroom is. If
you spoke up in a courtroom and what you said was quoted in the
newspaper the next day, you wouldn't go cryin' about how they didn't ask
permission first. You pays your money and you takes your chances.

BTW, does "express permission" mean you'll give it really really fast?


Jeff
(chalk one up for the "Frequently misquoted cliches" posse) :-)
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