[Sca-cooks] Copy write/Sources and this list
David Friedman
ddfr at daviddfriedman.com
Thu Nov 25 23:52:15 PST 2010
>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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David Friedman
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