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- From: jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov (Ad absurdum per aspera)
- Newsgroups: misc.writing
- Subject: Re: Scripts
- Date: 20 Dec 1992 20:47 PST
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
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- >> ... looking from any internet or FTP sites that hold screenplays.
- >> All I've gotten so far is Star Wars screenplays and Monty Python.
-
- > I find it somewhat distressing that someone in misc.writing, of
- > all places, would be asking for help in violating other writers'
- > copyrights. Dave Barry and Douglas Adams, among others, have not
- > appreciated the massive electronic copying of their work without
- > authorization or payment.
-
- I wouldn't want to break my record of (as far as I know) 100%
- net.agreement with Elle by saying that we're comparing apples
- to oranges. :) But we're at least comparing Golden Delicious
- to Granny Smith. Dave Barry's humorous column can be enjoyed
- in its entirety on a computer terminal, depriving him and his
- syndicator and his publishers of their money. Somehow I don't
- think *reading* about Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader chasing down
- the canyon is going to be quite the same as seeing it...
-
- It's still wrong, though. If you post copyrighted works to the
- net beyond the bounds of fair use, at least have the good grace
- to blush, so to speak -- acknowledge that *you*, not your sysadmin
- or employer or other net.entities, are the responsible party.
- Better yet, restrict yourself to fair use or write for permission.
-
- Cheers,
-
- Joe
- "Broken English is the unofficial language of science."
- Francois Kourilsky, CRNS
-