From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Hi, Ronn! This is a very interesting scenario that you are presenting.
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 13:04:35 -0600
He found some old messages from a particular long-time (about 7 years at the time) list member, copied some parts of those messages out of context, and forwarded a printout of those excerpts to the author's employer.
Was the person in question working for this company at the time the messages were posted, 7 years ago?
Regardless or not of the fact that I may or may not have been with the same company, I can't see, from a legal point of view, why and how information that I posted 7 years ago actually has a chance to affect my standing with the company I work for now.
And even if my employers *think* it does, and even if they *tell* me they think it does, I don't see why I have to abide by their point of view.
In so doing, they would be intruding in my personal and civil liberties. If I am outside my job at the time in question, their actions taken against me for what I express in public may (and I emphasize, MAY) constitute a flagrant violation of my civil rights.
Whether or not I am correct, of course, lies in the eyes of a expert in labor laws and civil rights laws.
it seems clear that he was presented with the choice between continuing to be active on the Internet and keeping his job�. So it is indeed possible for actions taken on e-mail lists like this to have serious real-life consequences.This is the part I think is illegal. Any lawyers around willing to formulate an opinion?
JJ
_________________________________________________________________
The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
_______________________________________________
http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
