On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Juntung Wu (JT) wrote:
> Actually, when you write a letter to someone, it DOES NOT always remain
> the property of the writer. Some companies/individuals/management will

You quote a blurb from CBS and that is the key.  The blurb, similar to
statements that letters to the editor become the propertyof the newspaper,
all entries to a contest are the property of the corporation, etc.
An implied contract, which does not always hold up in court when
challenged.

Yes, some lists claim to have rights to whatever is sent to them.  I don't
agree with that and doubt they could maintain the claim, unless they
textualy edit every posting, against a serious court claim.

I repeat our policy.  The author of the posting retains all rights, save
deletion of a posting from the archives.  Limited right to read and
retrieve is granted to list subscribers.  Any other use requires
permission from the author of the item.  The author retains intellectual
property rights.  The problem, of course, is enforcing that.

But, we're getting away from the original question, the answer to which
is you have archives or you don't.  If you have them you don't edit them
as then you do not have archives, you have a lot of random junk.

Douglas