Lee Revell wrote: > On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 20:35 +0100, tim hall wrote: > >>If we are going to assume CC status for works posted here > > > IANAL but I am almost positive that would not hold up in a US court. > Creative works default to "All rights reserved", which includes anything > posted to this list without a specific license attached, regardless of > what the informal list policy is. just in the interests of clarifying something (i doubt it will serve much practical purpose here): it is agreed that, in the absence of any other licensing information, that creative works will default to "All rights reserved" ... but out of interest, does posting a link with explicit permission to download (ie copy) a song, give up any copyrights *in that instance* ? because you are, in effect, lifting some of those implied copyright restrictions (otherwise it would be against the law to make a copy of it, wouldn't it?). shayne
