[geeks] Internet Legal Issues

[Zach Malone]

I remember reading something which stated that under some interpretations of
copyrite law, any thing posted to a news group, web site, or even through
email was copyrite by the author UNLESS otherwise noted.  I would imagine
that this is a bit stricter then what is actually used, but its worth
thinking about.
    Zach
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua D Boyd" <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: [geeks] Internet Legal Issues


> On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 03:55:50AM +0000, wa2egp at att.net wrote:
> > I'm no lawyer but maybe you could put some type
> > of "copyright" notice on your material.  "All text and
> > images on this site can only be used with written
> > permission....".  He has used your image without
> > permission which would be illegal use under photographic
> > law but since you put them up on your website, this
> > might not work, but that notice might give you more
> > legal ground.  Personally, I know a few perople that
> > could "visit" the individual.  A perk for living in
>
> Again, no lawyer, but my understanding was that putting a pic on your web
> site doesn't make it any more public domain than publishing it in a fairly
> wide spread news letter does.  But, I could be wrong.
>
> --
> Joshua D. Boyd
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