On 2003-04-30 21:33:24 -0500 Matthew S. Hallacy <poptix at techmonkeys.org> wrote: > Not necessarily, an e-book is not copied every time it's read, and > the owner > maintains the copyright. Just a touch of devils advocate here: But couldn't that author require the downstream distributors of said e-book to take the download off line at his/her choosing? > Read above, nobody but the original author caused thair material to be > published to the list, or the archives. > > This is why every magazine with a 'user feedback' section clearly > states that 'all letters sent to <magazine> become the sole property > of <magazine company>', you cannot say 'hey, i changed my mind, it > was stupid > to say that' then try to retroactively have every copy of that > magazine > changed. Yet another precedent for the previously mentioned note in the terms of the list. > > I won't reply to anymore messages in this thread on-list. > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list