I was planning on shutting down my archive anyway: -- Martin K Russell McMahon wrote: > The contents of this email are copyright by Russell McMahon, 2006. > > I am increasingly finding material that I have originated spread far > and yon on the internet. Sometimes this is gratifying, sometimes > inconvenient (as eg it makes it harder to search for technical > material of interest once I have said anything on the subject on > PICList or elsewhere. And sometimes its just plain annoying that > others are collecting and disseminating material which is implicitly > intended for a public or semi-public but access-restricted group. > > I am aware of what's been said about material placed in news groups of > in emails with general circulation being public domain. I am, however, > of the opinion that such generalised collection and recirculation is > contrary to both the letter and spirit of national and international > copyright laws in cases where copyright has been asserted. > > Accordingly, I was wondering why it would not be possible for me to > copyright a given document or material and then vest publication > rights with a specified and restricted group. I was further wondering > why such a restriction should not be legally enforceable, even if such > enforcement was variably practicable. I'd be interested in comment on > this. > > In future I *MAY* consider specifically copyrighting material related > to specific topics or material. > > It will be interesting to see if this turns up anywhere. Even without > detailed mention of technical terms such as eg stirling engines, > regenerator, electrolysis, leds, emf, elctromagnetic fields, ic, > transistors, rockets, leo, meco, srb, sts, et, lem, lm, alpha > configuration, capacitors, inductors, pcb, artwork, software, > electronics, etchant, toaster ovens, coverns, when shall we threes > meet again, birnham wood (I've been there), colloidal silver, snake > oil, microsoft, ibm, dell, denovo, delorean, deep blue sea, blue sky, > deep blue, chess, hal, 2001 a space odyssey, arthur c clarke, pae... > oops, shame really :-(, scifi, wifi, 2.4 GHz, peter pan, wendy, lost > boys, lost dogs, what if darwin was wrong, evolution, creation, 7 > days, 16 billion years, time contraction, black holes, hawking, radio > carbon dating, potassium method, argon, krypton, superman, batman, > robin, i said the sparrow, I killed cock robin, literary allusion, > under no illusion, aurora, stealth bomber, mad, (sure is), first > strike, trinity, tritium, radioactive,critical mass, plutonium, > palladium, helium 3, torus, heavy water, moderator, incubator, skunk > works, that should be quite enough of that i think, it may be that > this will still get spread all over, which it ought, of course, not > be. > > Anyone seeking written permission to access, acquire, disseminate or > store the information in this email who does not meet the criteria > below should enquire of me re obtaining permission, and the applicable > charges, if any, therefor. > > SO: > > The contents of this email are copyright by Russell McMahon, 2006. The > material may not be published, acquired, stored or disseminated in > part or in whole without specific permission in writing or by email > from myself. > > In accordance with this restriction, permission is hereby given by me > by email for this material to be: > > - Published without charge on the PICList mailing list domiciled on > computer systems operated by MIT. > > - Archived without charge on the PICList archives at PICLIST.COM on > systems operated or maintained by James Newton. > > - Acquired without charge by individual natural persons who are > subscribed to the above mentioned PICLIST mailing list and/or who have > legitimate access to the above mentioned PICLIST.COM archives. > > - Stored without charge by any natural persons who qualify as above. > > - Accessed from any other system by a natural person, subject to the > payment to myself within one calendar month from the date of access of > $US1 per access. > > - Stored on any system other than those specified above subject to the > payment of $US1 per calendar month per person who is able and/or > entitled to access the system, regardless of how many acesses are > actually made. An upper figure of $US10,000 per calendar month applies > for systems which would otherwise have liabilities under this clause > in excess of this amount. > > - Published electronically or on physical medium subject to the > payment of $US10,000 per publication event. > > Publication in one issue of a newspaper constitutes a single > publication event. Publication in early and late editions of a > newspaper constitutes two publication events. Publication in part or > in whole on a single webpage constitutes a single publication event. > Publication in part or in whole on multiple webpages constitutes > multiple publication events). > > Liability for payment rests with the organisation or person who > owns the rights to material legitimately published via such physical > or electronic media. (eg newspaper owners in the case of a newspaper). > > > > Russell McMahon > 27 December 2006 > > The contents of this email are copyright by Russell McMahon, 2006. > > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist