[Sca-cooks] Copy write/Sources and this list

[David Friedman]

>At 12:25 AM +0000 11/26/10, yaini0625 at yahoo.com wrote:
>>  One question that hasn't been asked or been clearly explained is: 
>>when posting recipes to this list or any list are we sharing 
>>information or are we infringing on the source?
>>  Aelina the Saami
>
>
>For this purpose I assume that you mean a public list, such that 
>posting amounts
>to "publication".  On a list with a sufficiently restricted 
>membership that only
>the membership could view, it wouldn't necessarily count as publication.

You don't have to publish something to violate copyright, you only 
have to copy it.

>Posting in public becomes a question of "fair use", which is an area subject
>to case law and so varies by jurisdiction.

Posting in private is a question of fair use too.

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