On December 19, 1999 at 10:24, Mate Wierdl wrote:
> Of course, you guys are aware that *anybody* can decide to susbscribe
> to this list and then set up a webarchive for it which is then
> available to the public.
And that person can be in trouble. Since this list is currently
not archived on the web, and the subscription message does not
state it will be, subscribers can/do have a certain expectaion
on how there messages are distributed.
If someone decided unilaterally to archive message on the web
without getting consent, this could be a copyright violation.
I hate to sound like a lawyer, but I haved received messages in the
past from people complaining about their message getting posted to a
web site. Although I was the wrong person to address (since I only
write web mail archiving software and some how these misguided
individuals thought I was personally responsible for the creating the
archives in question -- made me consider removing the "Mail converted
by .." message that appears by default when my software is used), their
concerns are not without legal merit.
If nmh-workers is to be archived on the web, then a notice should be
sent to the list stating this will happen, and how messages will be
archived and if there are means for a sender to suppress the archiving
of his/her message. This way if someone objects, the person can
unsubscribe.
--ewh
