question, but haven't yet been successful.
Joe Hevey
Group Owner
--- In CosmeticLab@yahoogroups.com, "Southern Soapers Fragrances"
<southernsoapersfragrances@...> wrote:
>
> This website is using a webgadget tool to actually create a mini
feed
> on that website. They per se are not actually copying, just
allowing
> a window to the forum through a lens on another website. Kind of
like
> you can see feeds of Twitter posts on some websites, or set your
> computer desktop to display a live news feed.
>
> The feed shows posts live as they are here to include the yahoo
> footers on each post. If anything, it will likely increase
membership
> here, :)
>
> The thing that is a problem is this... Yahoo allows group owners to
> control whether a group is public or private. If Cosmetic Lab is a
> public forum where even non members can view posts than this feed
is
> fine. But if Cosmetic Lab is a "Members Only" forum, than this feed
> violates the owners privacy control. Public yahoo forums do get
> indexed by Google and Yahoo search, but the private 'members only'
> forums do not.
>
> The forum owner would need to contact the owner of that web domain
> and ask that the feed of a private forum be removed. Should they
> refuse, than you can probably contact the hosting provider and file
a
> formal NOI (Notice of Infringement) based on the DMCA (Digital
> Millenium Copyright Act). Host providers are required to enforce
> copyright, patent, and trademark ownership from those that
plagerize
> or use content without permission or license. But, it would need
to
> be the Cosmetic Lab forum owner to lodge this I think, as the posts
> of this forum belong technically to the forum owner when posted.
Only
> the forum owner has the legal ownership over all these posts. You
> might want to check with Yahoo Legal also (down at the bottom of
each
> Yahoo page: Copyright Policy link).
>
> Kelly Bloom
> Southern Soapers
> http://www.southernsoapers.com
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