I know a lot more about patents and trademarks, and the Internet has become the wild west of IP law. I would think that because the "former poster" in fact posted the content and knowingly put it into a searchable data base, his only right would be against someone who copied and used the content in another fashion. What he is saying is something like telling everyone he ever sent an email or letter to that they now have to delete the email or destroy the letter. Maybe offer to send an email to all the forum members informing them that member X may sue them if they repost any of his posts? The issue with stuff like this is that occasionally you run into a total jerk who threatens to sue. IP law suits are so expensive and stressful that you usually lose even if you win. I can try to run this past an experienced IP litigator I know and see what he thinks. There should be case law by now that applies. Ken From: "kdb@kbyrnes.com" <kdb@kbyrnes.com> To: kenn_green@yahoo.com; DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Copyright law Thanks Ken. The issue is a disgruntled former poster of the email list has sent me a request to purge every post he has made to the list. He is claiming he owns the copyright to anything he has written. Is he correct? Thanks,Kurt ------ Original message------From: Ken GreenDate: Mon, May 23, 2016 11:27 PMTo: Kurt Byrnes;DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com;Subject:Re: [DeTomaso] Copyright law Generally, you are not free to use a copyrighted work in its entirely, or substantial portions, but under the fair use, you can copy short sections of it if you are commenting on them, not reproducing the work as a whole. If it's something simple like a photo or painting, you cannot reproduce it in its original entirely, but I think there was a case where the court found that a low resolution thumb nail version of as copyrighted painting did not infringe because it would never be blown up and used as art. This looks pretty good: Using materials from the Internet | | | | | | | | | | | Using materials from the InternetUsing materials from the Internet | | | | View on copyright.lib.utexas.edu | Preview by Yahoo | | | | | From: Kurt Byrnes > To:mailto:%20DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 1:41 PM Subject: [DeTomaso] Copyright law If you or anyone you know could please advise me in regards to copyrights of material posted to the list, please contact me ASAP! Sheesh! _______________________________________________ Detomaso Forum NO LONGER Managed by POCA Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes DeTomaso mailing list DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use the links above. I know a lot more about patents and trademarks, and the Internet has become the wild west of IP law. I would think that because the "former poster" in fact posted the content and knowingly put it into a searchable data base, his only right would be against someone who copied and used the content in another fashion. What he is saying is something like telling everyone he ever sent an email or letter to that they now have to delete the email or destroy the letter. Maybe offer to send an email to all the forum members informing them that member X may sue them if they repost any of his posts? The issue with stuff like this is that occasionally you run into a total jerk who threatens to sue. IP law suits are so expensive and stressful that you usually lose even if you win. I can try to run this past an experienced IP litigator I know and see what he thinks. There should be case law by now that applies. Ken __________________________________________________________________ From: "kdb@kbyrnes.com" <kdb@kbyrnes.com> To: kenn_green@yahoo.com; DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Copyright law Thanks Ken. The issue is a disgruntled former poster of the email list has sent me a request to purge every post he has made to the list. He is claiming he owns the copyright to anything he has written. Is he correct? Thanks, Kurt ------ Original message------ From: Ken Green Date: Mon, May 23, 2016 11:27 PM To: Kurt Byrnes[1];DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com; Subject:Re: [DeTomaso] Copyright law Generally, you are not free to use a copyrighted work in its entirely, or substantial portions, but under the fair use, you can copy short sections of it if you are commenting on them, not reproducing the work as a whole. If it's something simple like a photo or painting, you cannot reproduce it in its original entirely, but I think there was a case where the court found that a low resolution thumb nail version of as copyrighted painting did not infringe because it would never be blown up and used as art. This looks pretty good: [2]Using materials from the Internet [3]image [4]Using materials from the Internet Using materials from the Internet [5]View on [6]copyright.lib.utexas.edu Preview by Yahoo __________________________________________________________________ From: Kurt Byrnes [7]> To:[8]mailto:%20DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 1:41 PM Subject: [DeTomaso] Copyright law If you or anyone you know could please advise me in regards to copyrights of material posted to the list, please contact me ASAP! Sheesh! _______________________________________________ Detomaso Forum NO LONGER Managed by POCA Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes DeTomaso mailing list [9]DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com [10]http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use the links above. References 1. mailto:;DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com 2. https://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/useofweb.html 3. https://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/useofweb.html 4. https://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/useofweb.html 5. https://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/useofweb.html 6. http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/ 7. mailto:%3Ckdb@kbyrnes.com 8. mailto:%20DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com 9. mailto:DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com 10. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso