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Index of Subjects I can't imagine any theory under which Birding on the Net would NOT be violating copyright law. The authors own the copyright to emails we write unless we explicitly assign them to others. Posting to the list gives the list the right to print our emails, but it doesn't extend that permission to anyone else. The fact that this list is "public" in the sense that many people read it is not relevant. Material I post to my blog is even more public than what I post here, but I still own it, and nobody has the right to use it without my permission. For more on this, check the Wikipedia entry on "blog scraping." Although this practice relates to the use of blog entries without permission, what Birding on the Net is doing is basically the same. Note that the Wikipedia states in no uncertain terms that it is illegal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog_scraping What's more, if Birding on the Net is putting our email addresses online at a permanent site, it is exposing all of us to a giant increase in the amount of spam we receive. Spammers have software that searches the Internet for expressions that contain the "@" sign in order to find addresses to send spam to. Wild Flora -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Doug Linzey Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:02 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] birdingonthe.net Ulli comments: > As it > is done right now I see it as a case of copyright violation by birdingonthe.net, > unless the owner of NatureNS gave permission (but then it should be in the > NatureNs user agreement). That's not a bad idea. We could certainly include a line about the lack of privacy in the welcoming message that goes out to subscribers. The fact is that NatureNS is a public list. It's not moderated, and anyone can join. As administrator I can deny access to a any given e-mail address, but that's a last resort sort of thing, which fortunately we haven't had to do for quite a while. It's unwise to post anything to any e-mail list that you wouldn't want the world to read. Cheers, Doug Linzey
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