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> First, as soon as something is posted to a newsgroup, the copyright
> falls into question. I don't think the poster necessarily loses the
> copyright, but claiming rights would be problematic at best.
Copyrights are not lost merely by means of a distribution method. If I'm
the publisher of a newspaper, and I distribute it for free by leaving them
in boxes on street corners, I still retain the copyright. Same goes for
posting to a newsgroup or mailing list.
