On Sat, 16 Oct 2004, James Newtons Massmind wrote:

> Ah. Well, people claim all sorts of things. Doesn't make them true.
>
> A lot of people will just put a copyright notice on the bottom of every page
> "just incase" or because they say it keeps some corporation from
> copyrighting it and then claiming that the original site isn't allowed to
> publish it. All of that is rubbish.

But other lists specifically add the line about 'not responsible for / do 
not endorse content posted by our contribuors' and 'we acknowledge the 
original author's copyright'. And some don't. I was reading recently about 
people who had to fight in court to be allowed to use their own creations 
after a happy camper put their stuff on his website and later sold the 
whole thing to a company who promptly send a cease & desist to the 
original author(s). It took years to clear. I can find some references if 
you need.

Peter
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