On Monday 20 October 2003 13:53, Galen Johnson wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >>I think, some jet lag though... > >OK Gene...I have to ask...Why are you copyrighting your email? > >=G=
Because of yahoo's TOS. (of a couple of years ago, I don't know their current TOS) Someone had emailed me a copy quite some time ago after I was discussing something that if developed, might have been meagerly profitable. He was attempting to show me that according to that TOS, they could take my idea and there wasn't anything I could do about it. Their TOS at the time attempts to pre-empt your rights, trying to put a blanket copyright on every message that passes thru their hardware. Yahoo has an attitude reminiscent of a Mr. Gates product EULA. So I figure if I have a stated prior copyright, maybe I can catch them with their legal drawers at half mast someday. I'd enjoy that I think. But its more related to principles than any profit related motives as I realisticly view it as more of a method to harrass some dingleberry attorney than anything else. All based of course on that old saw about "first we kill all the lawyers" which I believe is a quote from a Shakespear play, so its not even remotely close to current. But I am in favor of that solution vis-a-vis lawyers anyway... IIRC C-Net also has such a TOS rider. -- Cheers, Gene AMD [EMAIL PROTECTED] 320M [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512M 99.27% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
