Re: MD Authors Rights

From: Peter Lennox (peter@lennox01.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Mon May 21 2001 - 10:42:22 BST


I think, legally, that having posted on the internet counts as publishing
ppl

  You realize that anything you've ever put on the internet is potentially out
  there in cyberspace *forever.* Whether it's published in a book or not, it
  remains on the internet and can be found. Even if you deleted all the old
  archives, they could still be floating out there in some remote region of
  cyberspace.

  I understand your point; I've said things in old posts that were far from
  well-thought-out, and expressed views I don't necessarily hold anymore. But
  once something enters cyberspace, it's out there for all time (potentially).
  Books and print are a far less powerful preservative than cyberspace. So Dan
  would only be publishing something that's already available--available
  forever--for anyone to see. I agree that he shouldn't publish anything you've
  written without your permission, but once you put something on the internet,
  it's sort of self-published automatically.

  Jon

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