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From: Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
To: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
Cc: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]>
Cc: Dave Page <[email protected]>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: w^3 <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Archives policy
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:55:00 -0300
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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" <[email protected]> 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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