| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Archives policy |
| Date: | 2009-04-16 19:07:59 |
| Message-ID: | 1239908879.7840.294.camel@jd-laptop.pragmaticzealot.org |
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On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 15:03 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> writes:
> > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> >> (and I don't think we're going to attempt to delete pornographic
> >> messages posted months ago -- if anything of the sort happens, action is
> >> going to be taken pretty hastily).
>
> > Agreed ... there isn't any reason why someone 'internally' doesn't notice
> > it from jus scanning the lists ...
>
> I think by far the most likely problem scenario is that someone claims
> to hold copyright on something-or-other in an old message and files a
> DMCA takedown notice against it. AFAICT the standard of proof in such
> cases is "guilty until proven innocent", so we'd probably have to cave
> rather than argue about it. How are the copyright laws in Canada these
> days?
I think what we really need to do is stop playing attorney and ask one
what our exposure is. I will contact SFLC.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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