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To: zurdo who wrote (2427)	12/15/1998 9:01:00 PM
From: Annette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27722

Oh no!!! Who's gonna post my bail!!!! Sorry...I was just doing the cut and paste thing...you were right...posting the URL is easier and faster!!!! Annette

To: zurdo who wrote (2427)	12/15/1998 10:26:00 PM
From: Lynn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27722

No, Zurdo, I'm not an attorney. I'm an academic. As for poor Annette, who is probably packing her bags right now and making arrangements for her pets in anticipation of being locked-up [over Christmas], she has nothing to worry about _unless_ she persists in flaunting the law ;> I am the owner of a listerv list. Over the past seven years I have had to deal with occasional copyright violations, most violations being the reposting of articles obtained through the IGC network, the PeaceNet, EconNet organization. All news via the IGC network contains a clear copyright notice at the bottom but people often do not pay attention to it, because they read it in cyberspace [mostly, their e-mail account], and repost the article all over the place in their attempt to be helpful. People who violate the copyright by reposting something over the net normally get a warning--and stop reposting, _finally_ realizing that a copyright is a copyright, no matter the medium of its transmission. Re the IGC folk, they are normally quite cooporative and indeed permit something to be reposted as long as they are asked first and an attachment, clearly stating permission was asked and granted, attached at the end [they send a suggested attachment]. One thing people often overlook is that an aspect of a copyright is granting the author the right to determine where the article can and can not be reprinted [and reposted, on the web]. To infringe on a copyright is to deny an author his/her right to _know_ exactly where his/her article is reprinted. In English we make copyright one word which, unfortunately makes it easy for people to overlook that this means 'the right to copy.' It is only the author or organization, clearly stated at the end of copyritten articles, who can give another, when asked, the right to copy. If anyone is interested, I'm sure I have sections governing copyright law archived in my computer account that I can send you. So, Annette, unpack those bags and give kitty (or pooch) a big hug because 'Mommy' is not going to be in jail this Christmas--at least not over copyrights or slander over the web ;> Lynn