Excerpts from Joshua D. Drake's message of jue abr 16 15:07:59 -0400 2009:
> On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 15:03 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
> > > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > >> (and I don't think we're going to attempt to delete pornographic
> > >> messages posted months ago -- if anything of the sort happens, action is
> > >> going to be taken pretty hastily).
> >
> > > Agreed ... there isn't any reason why someone 'internally' doesn't notice
> > > it from jus scanning the lists ...
> >
> > I think by far the most likely problem scenario is that someone claims
> > to hold copyright on something-or-other in an old message and files a
> > DMCA takedown notice against it. AFAICT the standard of proof in such
> > cases is "guilty until proven innocent", so we'd probably have to cave
> > rather than argue about it. How are the copyright laws in Canada these
> > days?
>
> I think what we really need to do is stop playing attorney and ask one
> what our exposure is. I will contact SFLC.
I just got another guy requesting me to remove an archived email from
very old archives. Nothing illegal so I'm not doing it. Still, I just
reread this thread and saw this offer and no followup. JD, did you ever
get around to asking SFLC about this?
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