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Don't be too sure as to the expression of copyright on that which is included within the email over which rights have been asserted. There is the Berne convention which allows copyright to be pursued extraterritorialy with regard to signatories, and you come under US legislation. I do not however have to deposit a copy with the library of congress as if you come to the UK, you could be still be sued under English Law. I am not talking about incidental "conversation" in emails here but that which is included as text, be it a piece of prose, a poem, a song lyric, anything that was composed other than in the context of the email itself and exists as a document by itself. Piracy is piracy and wrong, the fact that you feel safe on the metaphorical high seas does not mean someone will not sink your ship one of these days. The provability of a case has nothing to do with its morality. You could commit the perfect crime, yet it would still be a crime. It is arrogance to hide behind the fact that small people do not have the resources to pursue an international copyright claim. Do not piss upon people from a great height, for when you (I use you in the collective sence not refering to any one person here) have to descend from your lofty position, someone else might piss on you on your way down. Do not use peoples legitimate expressions and thoughts as material for your own academic glorification. If I thought I was being intelectually abused I would complain first to the academic authorities of the abuser to see if a local breach of conduct had occured. I become more and more convinced that there are many people on this list who are no respecters of individuals, who have no interest in improving the situation of disabled people, and to whom it is all an intellectual game. Here I am getting into arguments again, when I would prefer not to. Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: The Disability-Research Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of David Pfeiffer > Sent: 26 October 2002 00:15 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Internet research > > > There is a real difference between a musical performance (based on a > musical score and it does not matter if the musician does not have the > score there), a play (based on a script which the players memorized), a > formal address (which was at one time written down) and a conversation in > a bar (sorry, pub). The author(s) can obtain a copyright on the first > three, but not on the last one. It is the informal, public nature of the > conversation which does not allow it to be under copyright. The > conversation is possibly hearable to anyone in the pub and this message is > possibly readable by any number of people on this list. The conversation > can be quoted to a friend later (not in the pub) and this message can be > quoted to another non-list pc user or on another list. I readily agree it > would be better if the person obtained my permission or at least notified > me, but such action is not required. You can, of course, send a message to > the list and say you own the copyright to it although no court would > uphold your exclusive right to reprint it......David > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > David Pfeiffer, Ph.D. > Resident Scholar > Center on Disability Studies > University of Hawaii at Manoa > [log in to unmask] > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > One small step for mankind and I fall flat on my face. > D. Pfeiffer, July 4, 2003 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > ________________End of message______________________ > > Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List > are now located at: > > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > > You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page. > ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.