On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Barbara McMullen wrote:
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> > I think anything posted with proper credit is fine, so long as the
> > author is noted...
>
> > paper. You are not selling her work, just mailing it to people.
What you think doesn't matter. What matters is the law.
If you listened to the news yesterday (Wednesday, Dec. 17th) you
will have heard that Clinton just signed a bill that explicitly makes
using copyrighted material illegal *even if the user does not
profit by it*. I gather that the media industry wanted
this provision to guard against things like fans putting up
freebie copies of music and photographs on the web.
My list's copyright policy is that all material remains the
property of the original poster (which is what would be true
by default if I had no stated policy). My subscribers are told that
they must obtain the permission of the original poster to
use any post. I also explicitly disclaim responsibility for
enforcing the copyright rights of my subscribers. That is,
if somebody does copy it from the list or the list archive
without their permission, I am not responsible or liable.
Linda B. Merims
Massachusetts, USA
lbm@ici.net
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