On Tue 20 Mar 2007 15:53:09 NZST +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > I'd like to see someone sue for breach of copyright for having work they > published on an open mailing list repeated. Slashdot would love it.
The copyright for any posting to any mailing list is still with the author of that posting, as long as the posting is original work, i.e. not copy/pasted from another copyrighted work. You can not just copy text from mailing lists into say a wiki and then expect it to be under the wiki's creative commons license. The text wasn't yours to start with. The fact that it was posted on a public list doesn't change that. The fact that the copyright holder is unlikely to sue doesn't make stealing it legal. > On Tue, March 20, 2007 3:42 pm, Don Gould wrote: > > For the past few months you've all been offering up some really useful > > content. > > > > Some of your content will be very useful as class room material for LES.. > > > > What license do you suggest your list postings are covered under? None: copyright by poster, you have no other rights than to read it, to make quotations of reasonable size, and to negotiate your own terms with each poster. > > Is there anyone on list who would object to their content being used? A la-la blanket question like this doesn't cover your bum. In case someone objects, the onus is on you to prove that you have obtained appropriate copyright clearance. No you can not assume everyone reads your posts and silence is not acceptance. Volker (waiting for being told off for talking back to a lawyer ;) -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
