At 15:56 10-2-2003 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
If you want to introduce a "copyright policy", you should at least be consistent. If you are going to impose a rule that disallows people to make certain reservations about copyright, you must also disallow the posting of (parts of) copyrighted articles that have been posted elsewhere -- FREX, CNN reports.Now that I'm getting some energy back, I propose that it's time to discuss the list and copyright. Jeroen's legal notice is inappropriate, I believe, so I'd like to propose a new list policy that would deal with such matters as simply as possible.So here is my proposal: COPYRIGHT POLICY The intent of this policy is to ensure that postings to this list are treated no differently than postings to similar Internet-based mailing lists. Therefore, your postings may not contain language that would alter others' rights to make copies. This policy is not intended to define such rights, which are determined and evolve in other venues.
Are you willing to spend the necessary time and effort on policing the list for copyright violations? Are you willing to spend the necessary time and effort on moderating those members who commit such violations? Are you willing to spend the necessary time and effort on reporting copyright violators to the copyright owners?
If not, then you should withdraw the proposal.
No, because it will turn this list even more into a moderated list than you already have.So... there are two things that I'd like to discuss: Is such a policy a good idea?
No, because you leave out enough to make it inconsistent.If so, does the wording above accomplish it?
Jeroen "Bad Idea" van Baardwijk
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