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The stupid question is the question not asked  Who owns your
words? A resolution is needed.  by kudra (Vicar) on Nov 13, 2000
at 21:14 UTC ( #41348=monkdiscuss: print w/ replies, xml ) Need
Help??  The question of under what conditions words should be
repeated has come up several times that I can remember:  I have
two concerns with the reposting of information: context and the
potential to modify someone's voice. The first point I already
covered in the June conversation. As for the second, I don't
believe at all that anyone has acted in the past with malicious
intent, but I do see it as a possibility when the words are
posted under the control of someone other than the author.  I
guess I actually have one more reservation: where the
information is reposted. I've been involved in a few
conversations about Deja's habit of repeating people's postings
and making them available under different conditions than they
were originally posted under. I'd be