Bob Johnson gave a reference to a site giving a lot of info on copyright
check it out - it's real good
Bob Anibal
----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Greene <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: NON-PD: Try another / copyrights and privacy rights
> 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
> There's nothing wrong with me that beating PD won't fix!
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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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