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On Thu, 3 Aug 1995 devon@ol*.ch* wrote: > > The things I post to this list "go public", yes. I still have not given > > ANYONE the rights to publish what I am posting have I? Or have I? > > You *have* published it. Which means that it has a copyright which means that > no one can *republish* it without permission. Except under those little > "reasonable use" clauses which I don't think would apply to an entire letter. > Copyrights do not need to be claimed at publication time. Anything you write > is automatically copyrighted and protected. At least that's my understanding. > > Devon > > So, according to Devon's reply to my question, ripping off someone's words from another medium is still ripping off. Perhaps an equitable response to a/C would be to scan the whole magazine and e-mail it to everyone on the Net, making it unneccessary to buy it? ;-) But that's not a "good karma" solution. I wonder how many of us (at least those who say useful/interesting things) would be surprised/happy at finding his/her e-mail words in a widely popular book that someone was profiting from. Would you/should you get a cut? CB
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