On 11/2/98 15:42PM, Joy E. Hecht at jhecht_at_CapAccess.org wrote: >I'm curious what others think about this "netiquette" rule. I had always >thought it was not appropriate to forward individual email to a list >without permission, but I haven't heard objections before to things going >from one list to another. Emails go back and forth between CPAKayaker, >NYCKayaker, and Paddlewise with some regularity. Being primarily a whitewater lurker on a (GREAT) sea kayak list, I'm temporarily shedding my lurker status to offer a couple of thoughts from different perspectives: There is a lot of traffic that gets forwarded around the whitewater mailing lists. The Tsangpo kayaking accident was the latest posting to make the rounds. While those of us who subscribe to more than a couple of the lists may get tired of seeing the same posting on 6 different lists, I think it's great that this medium (email mailing lists) allows us to inform other groups of paddlers about pertinent issues with one forwarded posting. There is often issues on one mailing list that has great relevance to other lists. In the specific case of the Tsangpo accident, the posting that was forwarded around was a reprint of the article from the Washingon Post. The article was clearly copyrighted and identified as such in the posting I saw on at least three different whitewater lists. This opens up a legal can of worms, but I must say that I enjoyed seeing the article that I would not have seen otherwise. On the other hand, I once posted a humorous piece ("You might be addicted to paddling if") to a couple of mailing lists (as well as R.B.P.) that came out of a discussion on the CanoeTx mailing list. When I posted this, I gave credit to the four authors (including myself). I found out later that this posting had been reprinted in at least 3 paddling club hard copy newsletters (NOT mailing lists) and no one had asked for permission to reprint or even gave us credit. In closing, I'm definitely in agreement with Julio that a personal posting to one mailing list should be honored. If the reader feels strongly enough about the posting to re-post to another list, then an email message to author seeking permission only takes a minute. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Harrison-Houston, Texas email: nil_at_nol.net (_at_ _at_) web: www.nol.net/~nil/ ----------------------------ooO~(_)~Ooo---------------------------- 100% recycled electrons *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 02 1998 - 15:58:37 PST
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