Hmmm -- I do not think email posts/lists are copywritten -- you have to
apply to have material copywritten (at least my organization has had to for
its publications). Any legal eagles out there who know what's what on this
subject?

IMHO birdingonthe.net is invaluable and we use it worldwide but of course
everyone's entitled to their opinion...

Gail Mackiernan
Colesvile, MD

on 07/22/2004 12:13 PM, J. Steven Huy at  wrote:

> As usual I cannot keep my mouth shut and will waste my daily posting limit on
> this topic...
>
> As owner of MDOSPREY, Norm has the right to deny Mr. Siler permission to
> reproduce or redirect his list, even from publicly available archives.  Think
> of it as a book, would you think it ok to copy one for your friends?
>
> What is posted on any list should never be copied, reproduced or cross posted
> without the consent of the author.  To do so constitutes a copyright
> violation.
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