On Thu, 16 Apr 2009, 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?
All things considered, consider Canada the 53rd state ... (you guys have
52, right?)
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