ADMIN: Possible Changes to the Main List Settings

[erinellii]

> 
 (Tom) wrote previously:
> > However, Hypothetic Alley, at least, does have direct
> > quotes from posts that were placed on the list. There
> > are quite a few quotes from members' material,
> > actually.
> 
> Debbie replied:
> there are no names attached, and the quotes are short and
> correctly attributed via links, so I think (with a HUGE disclaimer
> that I am not an intellectual property lawyer and do not purport to
> be giving legal advice) they are like any short quotation from a
> copyrighted work.
> 
> Tom:
> I'm not sure that that's the case... I *think* that permission may 
> still be needed, particularly in certain cases - like the banned 
> member, whose work appears all over the place. I plan to bring this 
> up in another post later on, but as I don't have all of the details 
> at present, I'll hold off. Oh, and I'm not a lawyer either, so I 
> can't be sure.


Erin says:

I'm sure that permission was given at that time; she and the people 
most frequently quoted in Hypothetic alley at present are the ones 
who actually wrote it!

Erin