On 12 Jul 2005 at 7:42, Aaron Sherber wrote:

> At 07:28 AM 7/12/2005, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
>  >This is not about my email address. This is about my content. I did
>  not >expect a public archive, or else I'd be posting to the web
>  forum. The >extent of the 'contract' for posting is on the list info
>  site, and nowhere >is a public presentation of our postings
>  suggested.
> 
> Again, I really think this is splitting hairs. Since absolutely 
> anyone in the world can subscribe and then read the entire list 
> archives, our postings are already public, for all intents and
> purposes.

They are public *within the context of the ongoing discussions on the 
list*. Since they are now in this archive, they are in Google *absent 
context*.

But the real issue is that someone is republishing content on which I 
hold the copyright, all of my posts. Some of these sites are selling 
ads, and making a profit.

> I'm not arguing in favor of these archive sites (though I do like the
> search capabilities), I'm just saying that it doesn't matter to me
> because it doesn't expose anything that wasn't already exposed. If you
> disagree with this assessment, I'd be interested in hearing why.

It's unethical, and possible constitutes copyright infringement (very 
likely, I'd say). It's definitely not within the terms of use of the 
list as I understand them (explicit or implicit). It's certainly at 
odds with the policy that the list's own archives are open only to 
list subscribers.

-- 
David W. Fenton                        http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
David Fenton Associates                http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc

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