Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 11:13:43 -0700 From: John Pettitt <jpp@cloudview.com> To: racerx@makeworld.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mailinglist privacy: MY NAME ALL OVER GOOGLE! Message-ID: <427D0557.7010006@cloudview.com> In-Reply-To: <427D024A.9040601@makeworld.com> References: <20050506105722.099954BEAD@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> <1997311903.20050506130845@wanadoo.fr> <0AC758EB7E2462CBCDB89994@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <1946109313.20050506204814@wanadoo.fr> <332ca468819dcb4bdaf5a1e9a8fb283e@chrononomicon.com> <798745799.20050507195306@wanadoo.fr> <427D024A.9040601@makeworld.com>
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Chris wrote: >Nobody can reply to, reproduce, referance, show, etc. this email without >written consent be my. > > The courts, wisely, have declined to say quoting a set amount is ok or define any other bright line test. Since there is no "bright line" test for fair use it comes down to is is reasonable to quote for one of the reasons supported by the fair use doctrine. In this case criticism. There are plenty of decisions supporting taking a small part of a work and quoting it for critical purposes - in trying to negate that right you are fighting an uphill battle that has little probability of prevailing in court. Further in asking that your post not be referenced you are trying to impose private censorship - there is no provision of copyright law (or any other law) that prohibits referencing another work (as my satirical post yesterday pointed out). Lastly by trying to prohibit people from showing your post you are trying to invoke a trade secret relationship where no contractual basis exists. In other words your post is basically BS and wouldn't stand up to a first year law student on a bad day. John
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