11 Apr
2001
11 Apr
'01
4:22 p.m.
Tim's point is on-target. Read up on freedom to contract. See also examples like Yahoo-Geocities a few years back, claiming IP rights in posts to its site (then abandoned, but that was due to PR outcry, not to lack of enforceable contract). -Declan On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:29:03AM -0800, Daniel J. Boone wrote:
List owners have nothing to do with, and cannot affect, the intellectual property rights of list contributors. Your aspirations to the contrary notwithstanding.
-- Daniel
The question is who establishes the rules that govern IP rights -- i.e. list owner policies.
-Declan