On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Shapard Wolf wrote: >Have any of you faced the issue of whether or not postings to a closed >list (open only to paid members of an organization, subscription >confirmed, not advertised, archives open only to subscribers) may be >quoted outside of the list? > >This has happened on one of my lists, and the quote ended up in a >newspaper, and now the powers that be are asking if we should put a >footer in proclaiming that permission must be sought before quoting any >post without permission of the original author. > >I'm sure this has come up before, and would welcome comments on how it >worked out for others. You should probably check with your organization's legal counsel. I am not an attorney, but it seems to me that from a practical standpoint, the old saying "if you do not want what you write to be shared with the entire world without your permission, then do not send it as email" probably applies.