[Reader-list] Re: Copyscape

[paul keller]

dear all,

this post brings me to a question that i wanted to pose to this list 
for a while now. wouldn't it be useful to have some kind of publicly 
formulated policy on (re-)using material that has been posted to this 
list? the character of the list, the issues discussed and the people 
and organisations attached to this list seem to suggest to me that 
original postings on this list should be available for (re-)use but 
there is no public statement on this issue to be found. in the absence 
of such a statement the current copyright situation would imply that 
none of the material can be reused unless one acquires permission from 
the author(s) first. some mailing lists deal with this by having a 
short statement in the footer. nettime for example has the following 
one:

> #  distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission

which seems to indicate that non-comercial use (whatever that is) of 
the material posted on nettime is authoriszed (or even wanted) by the 
contributors. i think that something along these lines would be useful 
for this list as well (and other lists hosted by sarai, i am cc-ing 
this to the commons law list as well). my suggestion for such a 
statement would be something along these lines:

distributed via the reader-list. all original contributions can be 
freely used without permission. however the individual authors would 
like to be credited for their contributions.

best,
paul

On 19 Feb, 2005, at 14:41, Adreesh Katyal wrote:

> Dear all,
> Please see below the note about Copyscape. I would like to know what
> members on the reader-list think about this. Such a service is also
> likely to go against copy-pasting entire webpages into mailing lists
> including this one. Is copyright finally reclaiming the web?
> Thanks
> Adreesh Katyal
>
>
>
> About Copyscape
> http://copyscape.com/
> Copyscape is dedicated to defending your rights online, helping you
> fight against online plagiarism and content theft. Copyscape finds
> sites that have copied your content without permission, as well as
> those that have quoted you.
>
> Copyscape provides the following:
>
>
> The free Copyscape service makes it easy to find copies of your
> content on the Web. Simply type in the address of your original web
> page, and Copyscape does the rest.
>
> The advanced Copysentry service provides comprehensive defense for
> your entire website. Copysentry automatically scans the web daily and
> alerts you to copies of any page on your site.
>
> The Global Web Rights campaign provides the tools and information you
> need to defend yourself against content theft and copyright violations
> on the web.
>
> More information about Copyscape and Copysentry is provided in the
> FAQs. Read reviews of Copyscape in the press, and testimonials from
> users like you. Copyscape is provided by Indigo Stream Technologies
> Ltd. We invite your comments and suggestions for improving the
> Copyscape service.
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