> > >     http://www.piclist.com/postbot.asp?id=piclist\1997\03\27\145834a
> > >
> >
> >This really ticks me off. I do not like the piclist site or its policies
> >or its snoopyness. There are less intrusive methods of preventing email
> >address mining. Why, for instance, do you need my phone number??
> >
> >Also, what's this crap about reserving the right to sell data? I never
> >gave piclist.com any right to profit from me, no matter how benign the
> >intent. I also never gave piclist.com permission to use or edit my works
> >and then sell them.
> >
> >There are things in there I wrote and did not give permission to sell.
> >
> >Grrrr....
> >
> >-Bob Blick
>
>
> I just read that...
> I feel like I've just been shrink-wrapped.

I just read that and it didn't seem like a big deal to me.  Maybe that's
because I just always assume that I've lost control over anything I send to
a public email list or newsgroup.  If I want to retain some rights to
something, I post it on my own web pages with suitable copyright notices,
then only reference it by URL on a public list.  That way I have complete
control and it's easier to update and maintain.  For example, see
http://www.embedinc.com/pic.


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Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Littleton Massachusetts
(978) 742-9014, olin@embedinc.com, http://www.embedinc.com

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