Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 11:18:04 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mailinglist privacy: MY NAME ALL OVER GOOGLE! Message-ID: <0AC758EB7E2462CBCDB89994@utd49554.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <1997311903.20050506130845@wanadoo.fr> References: <20050506105722.099954BEAD@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> <1997311903.20050506130845@wanadoo.fr>
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--On Friday, May 06, 2005 01:08:45 PM +0200 Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > > As I've said, send a DMCA to the owner of the archive (and to other > parties if they have copies). If they don't take down the infringing > material, you can sue. If their ISPs don't cooperate, you can sue them > as well. > >> There should be a law protecting users against this. > > There is: copyright law. But most technical geeks don't know much about > it, so they try to pretend that it doesn't exist. So, if I *respond* to one of his posts (including his email address and at least a portion of what he wrote) and therefore have *some* of his "copyrighted" material in my post then he can request that *my* post be removed *without* my permission? Or he can sue *me* for having included that "copyrighted" material in my post. Do you now see anything wrong with this? Before you start spouting legal advice on a public list, I would suggest that you point to chapter and verse that *specifically* addresses posts made to a public forum that *explicitly* states that such posts will be archived and *explicitly* states that you have the right to request their removal *and* the right to sue if the archiving party refuses to remove them. Furthermore, you must first prove that post made to a public forum are protected by copyright laws. Otherwise you're blowing black clouds of smoke. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu
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