Do you or the forum have stated "terms of usage". Posts on most forums become the copyrighted property of those forums according to the terms of usage. And that is perfectly legal and binding. "A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan, stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!" Terry W. Himes JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory Dawn Spacecraft Team Rosetta Sequence Team Lead Phone: (818) 393-6261 Cell: (818) 653-8213 Fax: (818) 393-3147 thimes@jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:thimes@jpl.nasa.gov> 🇺🇸 From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces@server.detomasolist.com<mailto:detomaso-bounces@server.detomasolist.com>> on behalf of "kdb@kbyrnes.com<mailto:kdb@kbyrnes.com>" <kdb@kbyrnes.com<mailto:kdb@kbyrnes.com>> Date: Monday, May 23, 2016 8:46 PM To: "kenn_green@yahoo.com<mailto:kenn_green@yahoo.com>" <kenn_green@yahoo.com<mailto:kenn_green@yahoo.com>>, "DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com<mailto:DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com>" <DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com<mailto:DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com>> 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<mailto: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 InternetView on copyright.lib.utexas.eduPreview by Yahoo From: Kurt Byrnes > To: DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com<mailto:DeTomaso@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<mailto:DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com> http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use the links above. Do you or the forum have stated "terms of usage". Posts on most forums become the copyrighted property of those forums according to the terms of usage. And that is perfectly legal and binding. "A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan, stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!" Terry W. Himes JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory Dawn Spacecraft Team Rosetta Sequence Team Lead Phone: (818) 393-6261 Cell: (818) 653-8213 Fax: (818) 393-3147 [1]thimes@jpl.nasa.gov From: DeTomaso <[2]detomaso-bounces@server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of "[3]kdb@kbyrnes.com" <[4]kdb@kbyrnes.com> Date: Monday, May 23, 2016 8:46 PM To: "[5]kenn_green@yahoo.com" <[6]kenn_green@yahoo.com>, "[7]DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com" <[8]DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com> 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;[9]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 InternetView on copyright.lib.utexas.eduPreview by Yahoo From: Kurt Byrnes > To: [10]DeTomaso@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 [11]DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com [12]http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use the links above. 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