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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (102)	3/24/2004 11:42:58 AM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12762

"unless there's a posted warning that the specific material is copyright protected..." Actually publication of original material, in and by itself, secures protection under the copyright laws, so there is no need to post such a warning.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (102)	3/24/2004 12:09:03 PM
From: SI Dave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12762

>>...even if copyright protected information is actually shared, copied, and posted elsewhere for strictly informational purposes, there seems to be no infringement since the copying was not done for the personal monetary gain of that poster... I believe the issue would be SI's use of user-posted copyrighted material for monetary gain - which is why user posting of copyrighted property of others is a violation of the Terms of Use. In my opinion. >>I understand that all information on any Website is in the public domain, unless there's a posted warning that the specific material is copyright protected... I doubt that.