I had a look at the eGroups site, and although th fact that the list
isn't run though eGroups is not pointed out i didn't see too many
attempts to disguise the fact. The mailing address is given as
[EMAIL PROTECTED], all the information on the list is there,
and the correct lst manager's email address.
Miles Fidelman wrote:
>
> On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> >
> > >On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Stephanie da Silva wrote:
> > >
> > >> As I mentioned before, I tried subscr|bing to the
> > >> list-managers list at eGroups and got this welcome message.
> > >> As you can see, it's marked as being at eGroups but it is
>
> > I am hardly a law historian, but I would wager that there has rarely, if
> > ever, been any such thing as a class action copyright infringement suit.
> >
> > Anyway, perhaps the participants on this list, in particular, might want
> > to band together and make some legal history.
>
>
> As a more immediate strategy: we can all start putting a few lines in our
> welcome messages saying something like:
>
> "This list is managed and sponsored by <whomever>. It is NOT provided by
> eGroups .... etc., etc."
>
> We could do a lot to at least damage their credibility and good name -
> which might have a faster result than the legal route.
