• From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@m...>
• To: Ian Graham <ian.graham@u...>
• Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:11:00 -0400

Ian Graham wrote:
> Do any mailing lists have written charters to restrict types of reuse 
> for contributed content?  I have never seen anything like that, nor have 
> I seen sig lines referencing individual contributor's copyright 
> policies. Either of those might,  at a minimum might, make someone think 
> twice about reusing material....
> 
> I agree entirely with Len's comments, but as there is currently nothing 
> to proscribe such reuse (and indeed the general tendency to encourage 
> it), perhaps a written, gentle reminder to the contrary would help??
> 

That's false.

Unless copyright is explicitly granted, the author retains it. That's as 
true of mailing list posts as anything else. I suspect a simple request 
to Stylus Studio might take care of the problem, and if not then a DMCA 
takedown notice probably would.

-- 
Elliotte Rusty Harold  elharo@m...
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• References:
  • RE: Abuse of this list
    • From: "Len Bullard" <cbullard@h...>
  • Re: Abuse of this list
    • From: Ian Graham <ian.graham@u...>