Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 05:33:21 -0400 From: Tomas Quintero <tomasq@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mailinglist privacy: MY NAME ALL OVER GOOGLE! Message-ID: <9e46c99e050508023352b0ad02@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <721165832.20050508105827@wanadoo.fr> References: <20050507230820.GB1896@Alex.lan> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEFFFBAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <721165832.20050508105827@wanadoo.fr>
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I'm sorry but doesn't this discussion belong on another list? Maybe -chat? I dunno, surely it seems like it isn't related to any FreeBSD technical related content. This is worse than Theo spouting off about his next spam campaign. Top Posting for a Reason. On 5/8/05, Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Ted Mittelstaedt writes: >=20 > > No, Chris, we don't want to do that. If you put any kind of message > > like that on the website you are then implying that the users have > > copyrights in the first place on postings that they put on the mailing > > list. >=20 > It's better than being successfully sued or prosecuted for infringement. >=20 > There can be little doubt that posts are indeed protected by copyright, > as they fall within the scope of materials that are so protected. The > only question is the degree to which this copyright can be successfully > enforced. However, successful enforcement of a law isn't necessary to > make the law valid, especially in torts. >=20 > > Since what law there is supports the opposite assumption - that the > > poster has no copyright on the post made in this forum - you are far > > better legally by NOT putting such a disclaimer. >=20 > Which law supports that? >=20 > > It is kind of like if you walk into a restaurant and pick up a fork > > and stab yourself, then sue the restaurant claiming that they are > > negligent in not warning you that their forks are sharp. Today you > > don't see warning labels on forks because the law presumes that a fork > > is supposed to be sharp, and it presumes that anyone of legal age to > > enter a restaurant would know this. >=20 > What is the minimum legal age to enter a restaurant? >=20 > > If restaurants all started slapping warning labels on their forks then > > they would create a presumption that a normal fork is dull, and that > > the sharp kind is unexpected. >=20 > Yes, but then they couldn't be sued successfully any more. >=20 > -- > Anthony >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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