Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Everyone I've been thinking When messages are posted on mailing lists, who owns them? Is there any chance that the list provider can copyright them? I'm not worried about the LUG since it's a volunteer community service but frankly those other commercial list providers like Yahoo or Topica certainly wouldn't be above concealing archives from anyone who doesn't want to pay for a future "enhanced service". This is more than a trivial issue as photo and other specialist mailing lists are now considered valuable sources of info for shoppers wanting opinions on particular items as well as market analysts. As far as I know I've never granted ownership of my posts on those lists to anyone (not that they are worth that much!) and assume they are in the public domain but I'm not sure. Does anyone know how this works? A lawyer perhaps! Javier __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html