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FAQ, by Bruce Hamilton B.Hamilton@irl.cri.nz with numerous
contributions by others.
5.8 Can I post articles I found in Usenet or on the Internet? (sci.chem)
No. Most countries have signed the Berne Convention, and adjusted their
national laws to reflect the concept that copyright ownership is the
property of the author of any piece of work. Thus any redistribution or
reproduction of that work has to have the author's express permission.
The act of posting to Usenet does carry an implicit acknowledgment that
followup articles will requote parts of the original for clarity, and
perhaps will be subsequently crossposted to additional groups and archived
at DejaNews or other archive sites. If an author of a post or article does
not want their post archived, your software may permit you to select the
"X-No-Archive" header and, if the software does not support that header,
you can also add it manually as the first line of a post, but some archive
sites may still ignore that header and archive the post.
The copyright of the article is still owned by the original author, and
consent is required before distribution extends outside of Usenet - including
placing it on the WWW. Most posters will readily give permission if asked.
Commercial WWW sites also have specific copyright notices just to remind
readers that the material can not be redistributed. "Fair Use" is a very
specific and limited concept, and does not permit significant copying of
copyrighted material - it expects the user to selectively edit and repost
only the minimum necessary material. Two FAQs ("Copyright Myths" and the
more detailed "Copyright" ) are posted to news.newusers.questions,
news.admin.misc, and some other groups that discuss intellectual property.
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