Date   : Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:42:20 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Slightly OT - Tandy

On 29/06/2012 15:41, Jim Hearne wrote:

> If i did put them on my web site with the clause below wont i be libel for
> any loss of earnings claimed by Silicon Chip for them not selling there
> articles.

Well, for a start if somebody is commercially selling the content in 
question *and* they legitimately hold copyright, it's a pretty 
straightforward case of copyright infringement. As it is something being 
sold, as opposed to a home-produced work, there could be damages involved.

If you were to put up, say, a collection of Beeb articles (only), you 
might get away with a cease&desist [note: IANAL], anything more than 
that is less likely to be favourable to you.

The way things are these days, your first notification might be you get 
kicked off your own website thanks to a DMCA takedown. Okay, this is 
American law that's supposed to apply to American sites hosted in 
America, but since when has that stopped anybody? Heck, there's a site I 
know in the Netherlands, hosted in... somewhere East (Romania?) that has 
a DMCA form linked from their front page. Huh?


Anyway.


Your main problem is that somebody else is selling it (expensively, 
IMHO); thus you can't even claim to be archiving them.


Any arrangements you may come to should be done privately, off-list, and 
not publicised. ;-)


Best wishes,

Rick.

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