I never used the word piracy. I merely mentioned that Jack Siler,
to the best of my recollection, had never asked my permission to use
material from MDOsprey. This would have been common courtesy.
Norm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maryland Birds & Birding
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gail Mackiernan
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:04 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] List piracy
>
>
> 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.
> <snip>
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