Sami Dakhlia wrote: > > I'm afraid we're all missing the point. The objection to a transfer of > information onto a different medium cannot possibly be about money or > potential future earnings; it can only be about respect. Simply asking > nicely for permission was probably all that was needed... > > Sami > St. Louis, MO Sorry man, this post needs to be removed from the archives as I claim Vanagon Street as a trademark, it's part of my logo I use in this industry and on this medium, check it out at http://ebyte.com/wow When I sue I'm going after the couple hundred bucks in the list fund, coyote's bud vase in his Westfalia. And if the original poster of this message has any of the 12volt accessories that fit in the silver socket, I want all of those too! Since this CD issue began, I have heard many people recite Copyright law to the letter, they must of dusted off their old Business Law books. One thing you need to keep in mind is the fact that the courts are extremely cautious when dealing with any Intellectual Property issues that arise from the internet. There are tons of cases that are even more clear cut than this that are just waiting out in legal limbo. This situation with the archives is a bit different. We are talking about a public forum, whose history stemmed from the University of Minn. (whose Attorneys could snatch this list right back if they wanted to. When did they ever give up their rights to this list they created on their systems? Was it in writing?). The entire purpose of this list was to establish the free flowing distribution of thoughts and ideas of all it's members. I would argue that there is a difference between posting to the list and publishing a work to a web site. To find out for sure means spending thousands of dollars on each side and getting a court to make a decision. That's how the law works, that's the procedure for interpretating legal theory into todays environment. But then again, I DON'T care. I think the archives are 90 megs of pure crap and maybe 1 meg of something valuable. I was in to this idea at the start, but since it's caused so much trouble I won't even consider purchasing one at this time.
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