Pleading the 5th

[Declan McCullagh]

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