> Now, our working premise is: Nerdnosh has the right to disseminate
> the story and to archive it in the Attic, and the author has the
> right to republish the piece as she sees fit, and further nobody
> else has any right whatsoever. Recently there has developed a
> discussion about copyright notices, which now go out in the header
> of every digest (list only exists in digest form) being appended to
> each individual contribution to the list.
There's a very good explanation of copyrights available online at
http://www.counsel.com/cyberspace/copyright.html
Here's my non-lawyer interpretation:
The absence of a copyright notice doesn't matter, each contribution is
copyrighted by the author. As the issuer of the digest, you could probably
assert a right to a 'compilation copright', especially since the contributions
were sent to you for the express purpose of being included in your digest.
Unless you specifically indicate otherwise in your terms of service, the
individual authors have the sole right to enforce their copyrights outside
of your digest and any derivatives. (For example, you would probably have
the right to enforce your compilation copyright. This would include
restricting or controlling online archival.)
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Mike Nolan
nolan@tssi.com
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