On Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:38:21 -0500 Gilles Frydman <[log in to unmask]> said: >I have a follow up question. Can we copyright the names we create for >the lists? You can't *copyright* a name, however you can trademark it. >If we start a monthly newsletter, distributed uniquely through listserv, >can we claim the paternity of the name used to distribute that >newsletter? If it is used in interstate commerce, under US laws you can register it as a trademark. Most countries work similarly, minus the "interstate" business which I never really understood. Eric