In article ws.net,
:::Jerry:::: wrote:

"Phil Addison" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:32:35 +0100, in uk.d-i-y Chris Bacon
wrote:

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P.S. Do *you* believe in "disclaimers"?

Oh dear, you are confused. A copyright says 'this is mine and if you want
to copy it you have to negotiate with me'.

But you have posted it to a PUBLIC news feed.... You have in effect waved
your rights to some degree, as long as someone doesn't try and pass off
your work as their own (which they are not) there is little or nothing you
can do short of not posting to a public newsfeed.

Not in this bit of the universe. Every published book is available publicly -
but that doesn't mean that you give everyone the right to re-print or
re-publish.

All Avenue Supplies are doing is taking that public news feed and placing
it within a HTML web page - just as Google etc. do.

Re-publishing. They can certainly use extracts as quotes as long as they
acknowledge source and author. How would you feel if I published a (printed)
magazine full of advice culled directly from your comments? As it happens I do
publish a magazine (RISC OS computers - not diy) and occasionally ask people
to re-state a good news group comment for the magazine. I wouldn't dream of
just taking the original - much less taking it without permission.

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