[pct-l] Legal Ponderings......

Sun Jan 6 12:29:14 CST 2008

Something to ponder.  MySpace is an incredibly popular site.  All sorts of private things are posted for "friends only"  and public if one wishes.  Myspace is owned by Murdoch (FOX, NY Times, etc).  Anything posted on Facebook is property of Murdochs empire.  They have vast storage and backup capabilities.  

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2005/tc20050719_5427_tc119.htm

I got this info from a legal seminar on google and leagality of background checks based on internet searches.  Many companies use Facebook and Myspace to check out applicants.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Donna Saufley 
  To: 'g l' ; 'PCT' 
  Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 11:05 AM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Legal Ponderings......

  Wheew,

  If it’s not copyrighted content, EVERYONE has legal right to take it and re-use it, though not “ownership” rights.  

  L-Rod

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  From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of g l
  Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 5:00 AM
  To: PCT
  Subject: [pct-l] Legal Ponderings......

  Does anyone know if there is such a thing as "intellectual property" laws regarding postings online?  For example, since I am using TrailJournals.com  to document my hike, does that give the site owners legal rights to what I post there?  If I were (doubtful, but wondering) to write a book later and use those same postings, could I be held liable by the site owners for using my OWN entries in that book?  Maybe Postholer can answer this?

  -Wheeew-
  www.trailjournals.com/wheeew/
  ---->MexiCan----> 2008

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