This is an interesting issue that has affected me personally. A while back someone I know at the University sent me an email and said how disappointed they were with a post I'd made about the city council's position on the war. The funny thing was that they don't subscribe to the list, they'd read a copy of my post in a liberal newsletter. I had no idea that my post had been published.
As I understand the law (the attorneys are free to correct me), you retain commercial rights to all of your original works, regardless if they are formally copyrighted or not. And, regardless of how public your words are you can still copyright them. Didn't anyone see the 60 Minutes special about Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech? His family holds the rights. The copyright laws also contain a "fair use" clause and I'm sure that quoting parts of a post is perfectly legitimate. Michael Atherton Prospect Park TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
