I don't care what your newsletter says. I'm talking about American law.

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:28 PM, L. Mohan Arun <mar...@gmail.com> wrote:

> "We have every right in the world to gather this data for analysis
> without
> any permission. It's public."
>
> No.
>
> "You don't get to compile posts from a discussion forum into a
> product, under the idea that such posts are "public domain."
> They are not." - Unless you own the forum or have a deal with the
> forum owner,
> and you stated in the TOS
> that all posts made in the forum can be repackaged commercially
> and only you have the right to do that.
>
> I am not saying this on my own, this is from one of the newsletters I
> receive,
> which covered this exact same topic, I would be happy to share the
> relevant
> text of the newsletter if someone is interested ...
>
> - - -
> Mohan Arun
> www.mohanarun.com
>
>
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