Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Geosat transmission of news Message-ID: <1989Jun19.123755.12357@ateng.com> Date: 19 Jun 89 12:37:55 GMT References: <371@odi.ODI.COM> <3400@looking.on.ca> <3549@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <737@corpane.UUCP> <17@minya.UUCP> Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 20 According to jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers): [about signature copyrights] >In any case, can anyone give any legal argument (quoting laws and/or >cases) that either is anything other than silly? After all, they seem >to require that the (highly-automated) news-forwarding software contain >code that can spot such statements, decode them, understand the English, >and take appropriate action. Sorry, no legal opinion here. However... The In Moderation Network will, in fact, have people looking at each message. That's their "service," to weed out cruft. So if they don't abide by my signature, they can't plead ignorance. And if by some "mistake" they do use my articles, they cannot restrict their customers from freely redistributing it. -- You may redistribute this article only to those who may freely do likewise. Chip Salzenberg | or A T Engineering | Me? Speak for my company? Surely you jest!