RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO Archive CD

>Anything you write is automatically copyright material unless you
>specifically place the information in the public domain. While many

Wrong, mailing lists and newsgroups are public domain. Do you think
Google hosts a newsgroup archive illegally?

Even if you claim copyright on a post to a public forum it doesn't
become
copyrighted.

An archive distributed on any medium at any cost is legal as long as the
distributor identifies the source (CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO in this case) and
each
author. This means that stripping out the email addresses would be
illegal.

Censoring the archive, i.e. stripping out specific topics or authors is
a
grey area.

>archives in a catalog with a marketing banner such as "The wisdom of

the

>legendary CCED group all in one place! Dozens of authors! Linux/EMC!
>CAD! Code snippetts! ...", and a price of $99? Going to wonder if your
>stuff is in this?

As long as he doesn't claim it's his own work there is nothing you can
do
about it.

If you think it's too expensive start selling cheaper copies yourself.

>Going to wonder where your share of the money is?

You lost any claim to imagined revenue when you posted to a public list.

Remember this is not about your copyright on an actual idea. It is just
redistribution of your posting. He is not claiming he wrote the posting,
only distributing it. You may aswell try to sue every email gateway that

passed on your email.

>Dropping mills on folks for suggesting that intellectual property laws
>should be respected seems rather inappropriate.

About as silly as this whole topic is yes.

>Start an email campaign to get the laws changed.

The laws are fine. What we need is an education campaign.

Nic.