With regard to Mike Bradley's first question, that is my understanding
as well. The act of submission to a publication implies a limited,
one-time grant of license (a full transfer of copyright still requires
an explicit written statement signed by the original copyright owner).
With regard to the second question, I think that the problem lies in
faulty wording in the terms of service: I read the prohibition on
uploading/posting of "copyrighted" material to apply to material for
which the uploader/poster does not own the copyright and therefore
could not legally make copies available. The creator of a work (e.g.,
author of an e-mail message or post) is the copyright owner and can
upload/post or otherwise distribute the work as desired. The terms of
submission should be a stated a bit more clearly.
- Ed Barnas
ebarnas[_at_]ravenpress.com
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> Subject: E-Mail Copyright
> Author: cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org at smtpgwy
> Date: 2/27/95 4:50 PM
>
>
> I'm sure you've discussed my first question before. If you just want to
> point me to a reference, please do so.
>
>
> 1. Copyright in Public Areas
> What's the latest on copyright of e-mail messages posted in public
> areas such as lists like this one, newsgroups, forums on services like
> America Online, etc.
>
> What I've found so far says the writer retains all rights but
> implicitly licenses such use as is necessary for the specific area
> on which the message is posted. No such license is implied for
> reposting to other areas, such as reposting this message to a forum
> on CompuServe, unless the public area automatically cross-posts,
> such as this list cross-posting to a newsgroup.
>
>
> 2. Public Domain
> America Online's terms of service say that messages posted on forums
> "shall not" contain copyrighted material. Anyone posting on a forum
> is assumed to be placing their message in the public domain.
> Does this hold up? One of my sources said that the concept of public
> domain is obsolete except for works whose copyrights have expired.
>
>
> - Mike
>
> Mike Bradley
> <mike[_at_]zoser.sphinx.com>
Received on Mon Feb 27 1995 - 22:30:14 GMT