[bksvol-discuss] Re: Chat announcements

That's and informative and interesting post, Ann.

Cindy

--- Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Morning all,
> 
> Ahem, first of all, which line are you referring to,
> Tony?  If you mean 
> "For immediate distribution", this does indeed need
> to be in an 
> announcement of this kind for the Internet.  Why? 
> Because every post 
> that is made on the Net is copyrighted to its
> author.  That is why 
> many, many email discussion lists do not permit
> cross posting of 
> material from one list to next.  The placement of
> this phrase at the 
> beginning of this post of Pat's indicates that she
> is giving permission 
> for her announcement to be cross posted.  This is
> very important when 
> an announcement is cross posted to another list.  It
> removes the need 
> for checking with the original poster for her
> permission  for its distribution.
> 
> As for press releases which are meant for
> distribution to members of 
> the press, be it TV radio and print, the format of
> such a release may 
> be more important.  However, this release is meant
> for distribution on 
> email lists for PWD, Bookshare lists and so on. 
> It's not actually 
> going to The Press, capital T and capital P.
> 
> I think you need to learn a mite more about the
> difference between 
> announcements and their target markets and actuall
> official Press 
> Releases which go to the Paverozzi.  You might also
> want to research 
> copyright laws and their application to email
> discussion lists.  Oh, 
> and don't tell me I am talking through my hat
> because I've been running 
> email discussions since before you were born,
> probably.  You sound like 
> you're about seventeen.  I started in 1990.  As I'm
> the lady who's 
> running the Mystery Book Club, I figure I have a
> right to comment here.
> 
> Now, if that isn't the line to which you are
> referring, I'll retract my 
> post and start over.  I often read email quickly,
> and have made 
> mistakes in my understanding of what I thought was
> meant.
> 
> Ann P.
> 
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