On Tue, 14 Nov 1995 10:43:03 -0500 Jonathan LeBreton said:
>Well ... they built their compilation by taking -- without
>consideration or agreement -- the compilations of addresses
>created/maintained by listowners.
 
  Once again...they took them from a public place.  Write your name and number
on the wall, and don't be surprised if someone calls you up....
 
>It would seem that a listowner might turn  assert
>ownership (copyright that is) of the compiled addresses
>of list subscribers. Just like IAF.  Note that one does not
>need to explicitly say some creation is copyrighted in
>order to have a defensible copyright.
 
  True...but if you haven't registered it, and you'd undoubtedly have to
reregister each time your "compilation publication" was changed...then
you can't sue for any damages....especially not punitive damages.  Check
with your attorney.
 
>they've created one and are trying to copyright it themselves.  Anyway --
>you could deny them the use of the list or offer to sell it
>to them at some more or less prohibitive market value.
 
   Good luck getting THAT by the university counsel and beancounters....
 
cheers
 
cyclops
 
  Dan Lester, Network Information Coordinator
  Albertsons Library, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725 USA
  [log in to unmask]             http://cyclops.idbsu.edu/
  How can one fool make another wise?  Kansas, "No One Together," 1979