Dear Seniors,
 
    Could you, please, advice me on the following issue ?:
 
    A private US based company (on line services) has requested
    to "carry" FISH-ECOLOGY. In exchange I was offered a subscrpt.
    to the company at no expense.
 
    1. If the traffic from a list has an "implicit copyright"
       (has it ?) is it adviceable to let the list be "carried"
       by a private enterprise ? Is not the list already
       "carried" by SUNET whereas anyone with access to e-mail
       may subscribe to the list WITHOUT paying any fee ?
 
       How is this seen in the US from a juridical viewpoint ?
 
    2. I have even met, during the last weeks, a try and a factual
       case of fishing up info from FISH-ECOLOGY and setting
       copyright on it. For the later I have the publication I was
       sent where they make a kind of PR to FISH-ECOLOGY and inform
       paying subscribers (to that publication) with info clearly
       caught from the list.
 
       How are such cases regarded by other owners who've come
       into these kind of issues ?
 
    Any further advice shall be most welcome.
    Regards,
 
            Aldo-P. (FISH-ECOLOGY)