The only paper I know for sure that does not allow articles to be sent
around via listerves is the Washington Post. The moderator of a soccer list
I used to belong to got a nasty letter from their lawyers and they posted a
cease and desist message to the entrie list. The URL is fine, but not the
article itself.




> -----Original Message-----
> From: MAEB ML [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 1:14 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: About posting articles...
>
>
> --- Eugene Dillenburg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > And since old articles quickly become
> > unavailable (unless you pay for the archive
> > service), it is valuable to have them
> > here.
>
> One thing to consider, though, is whether the user
> agreement for an online information source even
> *allows* the posting of full-text articles to a list
> like this. After all, if the NY Times charges for its
> archive service, they don't really want their articles
> available for free from another source.
>
> Copyright is somehing that many of us forget about
> when posting information to a list, because it's just
> so easy to copy and paste, forward, etc. I'm as guilty
> of this as the next person, having been reprimanded
> (quite rightly) by the owner of another list for
> posting full text to copyrighted material instead of
> just providing a link.
>
> My suggestion: make sure you check the user agreement
> (if there is one) of the information source before
> posting full articles to the list. There may be
> specific information there about whether or not you
> can transmit that material freely.
>
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