On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Dorothy Firsching wrote:
> What have you folks done to keep eGroups from hijacking your
> lists?
>
> I just received a message from them saying:
>
> Because you are not a member of the datamine-l group, your
> cross-posted message was not delivered to the group.
<snip>
> I am not only a member of the [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> I founded it several years ago and administer it! And my
> message was, of course, posted, because the list is
> moderated and I approved it. Their version is "free" and
> "unmoderated".
<snip>
> Has anyone had any success in getting them to stop doing this?
There is an eGroups list with the same topic and a similar name
as my most popular list. I has never considered their copy a
highjacking. Someone just wanted a similar list with a slightly
different spin. The alternative list hasn't bothered me in the
least.
I have made no effort to trademark my list name. I haven't seen
a lot of cross-posting. Subscribers are at liberty to post the
same material to both lists. If they started to grab material
they didn't write themselves and posted it to another forum
without the author's permission, I would be upset.
How do you know eGroups (the company) is responsible for creating
a list with the same topic as yours? It's a huge site, the
chances of them having a similar or duplicate list for nearly any
topic are pretty high. Have you contacted the list owner of the
eGroups list? Try [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- murr -
