On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 11:21:14PM -0400, M. Adam Davis wrote:
> The only real obstacle to doing this are legal issues.
>
> In theory once a person posts a message to the list they are essentially
> giving it up to the public domain, and removing any exclusive copyright
> they had on their message unless they prohibit (through email headers
> and other means) archiving of their messages.

I'd sure like to see that preceedent. My understanding was that all material
is copyrighted unless explicitly revoked.

Legally it's a non issue as long as no one claims infringment. But AFAIK
(and of course IANAL) even if archived it's still copyrighted.

BAJ

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