Hi Dennis: Would you lose your trust and respect for
someone who sends you unwanted, unprovoked, uncomplimentary
E-mail, especially if they are a stranger? And continues to
do so after you have asked them politely to cease and
desist? And then escalates to abusive E-mail using the
courageous signature "Anonymous"? Just asking... Carole
H.
--- Dennis Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Bill,
>
> > Call me a little simple-minded, but how the
> heck does a law
> > that was put into effect in one specific country
> apply to a com-
> > munication medium that has *no* national
> boundries.
>
> I'm no lawyer but I would assume each of us is subject to
> the copyright laws
> of our own country. This may in practice mean that it is
> impractical to sue
> someone for breach of copyright if they live in a
> different country to you,
> so perpetrators may feel they can pretty well do what
> they like, but that
> hardly makes it right. To my mind someone who KNOWINGLY
> breaks the laws of
> their own country, on the grounds that it doesn't matter
> because the victim
> can't retaliate, is still guilty of breaking those laws
> and in addition is
> demonstrating an ambiguous morality.
>
> On the practical side, your advice:
>
> > And, again, if you are *worried* that someone
> might post your
> > "writing" somewhere you don't want it to be
> seen, be *sure* to
> > specify that fact in your note.
>
> is sound. In fact i take it one step further and if I am
> writing to someone
> who habitually reproduces private mail in a public forum
> I assume that my
> letter will become public and write accordingly. In
> other words they have
> lost both my trust and my respect.
>
> Dennis
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Dennis Greene 50/dx 37/ onset 32
> There's nothing wrong with me that beating PD won't fix!
> email - [log in to unmask]
> Website - http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/
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> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>
>
>
> > FWIW, I have copyright notices on all of my Web
> pages but I
> > don't expect them to be enforceable at this time
> as the communi-
> > cation medium that allows access to them spans too
> many national
> > boundries to be able to determine whose laws
> might apply -- IMO.
> >
> > Bill--
> > ...who wants to know if there is another word for
> Thesaurus?
> >
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