On the list I moderate, Walkers In Darkness, our policy is to leave the
copyright on individual messages with the author but to claim a compilation
copyright on the list as a whole. Doing this has helped me a few times when
I have found people using the list contents inappropriately or to compile
address lists for spam.
We do not allow posting of things like song lyrics and wire service articles
which are subject to the copyrights of others, except for brief excerpts
under the Fair Use Doctrine.
If you want to take a look at what we are doing, just request the info file
for "walkers" from majordomo@walkers.org or look on our website
www.walkers.org under Walkers Information.
-----Original Message-----
From: Linda B. Merims <lbm@ici.net>
To: List-Managers@GreatCircle.COM <List-Managers@GreatCircle.COM>
Date: Friday, December 19, 1997 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: List-Managers-Digest V6 #246
>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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