Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Javier: Check the terms to which you agreed when signing up with Yahoo. I think that you'll find that you gave up all of your copyrights for anything uploaded to them. - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Javier Perez wrote: > > Hi Everyone > I've been thinking > When messages are posted on mailing lists, who owns > them? Is there any chance that the list provider can > copyright them? I'm not worried about the LUG since > it's a volunteer community service but frankly those > other commercial list providers like Yahoo or Topica > certainly wouldn't be above concealing archives from > anyone who doesn't want to pay for a future "enhanced > service". This is more than a trivial issue as photo > and other specialist mailing lists are now considered > valuable sources of info for shoppers wanting opinions > on particular items as well as market analysts. As far > as I know I've never granted ownership of my posts on > those lists to anyone (not that they are worth that > much!) and assume they are in the public domain but > I'm not sure. Does anyone know how this works? A > lawyer perhaps! > Javier > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > http://health.yahoo.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html