On Oct 31, 10:15 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 4:59 PM -0700 10/31/2010, Al Poulin wrote: When the topic goes off onto another one, however interesting, shouldn't subject line change?
> >On Oct 31, 2:03 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > But more importantly -- it is, um, inappropriate to re-post > >complete copyrighted works without the author's permission. Was > >such permission obtained? > > >> Nannies -- If permission was not obtained the pirated data should > >>be deleted from our archive. > > >Further dissemination of copyrighted material is sometimes > >inappropriate and illegal. But not in cases such as this. Three > >points: > >The article is attributed to the author and the publisher. > >The original web page invites "Share This Article." > >The original web page provides an "E-mail" icon, a "Print" icon, and a > >"PDF Version" icon. > > It is quite common for publishers to provide mechanisms to let you > make ONE OFF copies of an article for PERSONAL use. Doing so does > not magically make their copyright protections vanish. ... Think > about that. Are you saying that because a book is available in a > Public Library that it's suddenly ok to steal the book from another > source? > > In this case, the article was ***REPUBLISHED*** *IN FULL* BY THE > POSTER to thousands of people. Beyond the copyright violation, there > is a sleeze factor here. It was filched from a commercial web site, > that depends on advertising dollars to survive. Mass-republishing > without the ads has ripped them off AND potentially made LEM liable. > > <http://www.ziffdavisenterprise.com/TermsofService.asp> > > In particular, see sections 2.2 and 2.3. > "you may not modify, publish, transmit," (etc)_ > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
