Paul Hutchinson wrote:
> So, if you copy something from the internet that does not have an
> explicit public domain release statement or a license granting you
> rights, it is likely a violation of copyright law to distribute it in
> any way. If the work you copied and distributed has no identifying
> mark you won't be sued for damages but you can be made to stop
> distributing it. There is a concept of fair use but it is an
> inadequately defined legal concept generally subject to
> interpretation by the courts on a case by case basis.

So does that mean the various sites that carry copies of the PIClist traffic
are in violation of the copyrights of the individual posters, of the
"PIClist" whatever that is, of MIT?  These sites to real harm because they
make it easy to mine for email addresses, whereas James' site tries to be
careful about that.  I don't remember agreeing to give up my copyrights to
anything I write here, so who owns the rights to messages I post?


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