Thank you John for that erudite exposition. Arthur
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From: "Carley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 11:39 AM
Subject: copyright


> Hi all (who he?) may I briefly reiterate this list's attitude to
copyright:
>
> The text of all drafts of all stages of all poems posted to this list are
> copyright to their author or, in the case of collaborative poetry such as
> renga, rengay etc, to their authors.
>
> The text of all critical commentary, and indeed that of all witty (and
> otherwise) asides, is copyright to its originator.
>
> By participating in this list it is deemed that a person may republish all
> or any part of another author's poetry or critical commentary
>
>                     ***on this list only***
> and that it be
>
>            ***for scholarly purposes only***
>
> which is of course what happens when one uses the auto-reply functions of
an
> email browser and the text to which one is referring is carried over into
> the new email.
>
> It is important for all participants to understand that carrying any text
> forward onto a new email - even for 'private' circulation - is an act of
> republication and is in almost all circumstances illegal under both
British
> and US law. Such exceptions as do exist refer to the use of small portions
> of a text for closely defined academic purposes. Clearly these
stipulations
> preclude the republication of the full text of a poem in any and all
> circumstances other than when copyright permission has been expressly
> granted.
>
> Yrs, self important as ever, John
>
> --
>        by the time  I reach the gate post
>       another leaf  had fallen