A legal question

[Windevoid]

What's the legality of collecting all of my posts into a book and then selling the book?

[John Cuthber]

Moot.

[Windevoid]

Moot.

What does that mean?

 

Is it a yes? a no? something else?

[swansont]

It's spelled out on the rules page. You retain the copyright. Collecting your posts into a book would be perfectly legal. But anyone who wanted to view them could just come here and read them, thus moot.

 

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[Windevoid]

It's spelled out on the rules page. You retain the copyright. Collecting your posts into a book would be perfectly legal. But anyone who wanted to view them could just come here and read them, thus moot.

 

But with you having locked them, it wouldn't matter much. Just saying.

[Greg H.]

But with you having locked them, it wouldn't matter much. Just saying.

Them being locked does not prevent them from being read.

[ACG52]

OTOH, who on earth would want to read them? A compendium of bad writing and bad thinking?

[timo]

Given I have (supposedly) no rights on others' contributions: How much of a post of mine in which I cite someone or refer to their postings would I be allowed to sell to become rich and famous? All of the words typed by me but not the text I referred to/quoted?

[Phi for All]

What's the legality of collecting all of my posts into a book and then selling the book?

 

Much depends on what you're telling the reader it contains. It's extremely likely your claims could be fraudulent. You should consult an attorney specialized in publishing.

But with you having locked them, it wouldn't matter much. Just saying.

 

Locked, or preserved for posterity?

 

It's all in the perspective.

[zapatos]

What's the legality of collecting all of my posts into a book and then selling the book?

I think that we should seriously consider making that illegal.

[John Cuthber]

What does that mean?

 

Is it a yes? a no? something else?

If you asked "what colour is your dog?" and I replied "Black", would you understand that I meant

"the colour of my dog is black"?

 

OK, by analogy.

"What's the legality of collecting all of my posts into a book and then selling the book?"

"Moot."

So, the legality of collecting all of your posts into a book and then selling the book is moot.

Because, while you could offer the book for sale I doubt you could actually sell it.

Who would buy it?

As has already been pointed out, it would be rubbish and it would also be pointless- anyone who wished to read it could do so here for free.

 

Even if the site claimed copyright (and that would get tricky), the point would still be moot.

There wouldn't be enough sales to justify taking up a court's time with it.

de minimis non curat lex.

 

 

"1 open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: a moot point.

2.

of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic.

3.

Chiefly Law. not actual; theoretical; hypothetical."

from

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/moot

[arc]

I think that we should seriously consider making that illegal.

Hold on zapatos, in a recorded format this could easily be the legal replacement for water boarding.

[John Cuthber]

That would be cruel and unusual.