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
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Dennis Greene 50/dx 37/ onset 32
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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--
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