Re: The Right to Read
Debbie G.

Sun May 17 13:00:42 1998
Taliesin_2 wrote,*p*: [This is Simson's article in *The Boston Globe*, 7 May 1998. *br*:  PGN]*p*>>copyrighted material snipped because reposting it is illegal!<<*p*Taliesin,*p*I hate to be the downer here, but the type of message you posted (wholesale reposting of a copyrighted article) is exactly the reason these laws (reasonable or not) are being proposed. The internet has become the largest single source of copyright violation in the world. Unless you had specific permission from the _publisher_ of that article, copying it in toto is illegal. "Fair use" allows you to use small quotes (generally for the purposes of review), and you can certainly restate the information in your own words or synopsize the story. But, for the sake of writers everywhere, _please_ do not post copyrighted material without permission.*p*Personally, I don't agree with the proposed bills. But unless the internet community becomes self-policing, the government is going to do it for us <sigh>*p*Debbie G.*br*
The Right to Read
Taliesin_2
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Sat May 16 23:24:47 1998