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Re: List piracy

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Norm Saunders

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:43:54 -0400

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>
>