henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (03/01/89)
[news.admin cross-posting added -- this is important] In article <91533@sun.uucp> dhare@sun.UUCP (Dwight Hare) writes: >>Could someone post this excellent article so that those of us who don't get >>IEEE Software can also read it? Thanks. > >I took this as an opportunity to play with my new OCR system. I hope that >I'm not violating any netnews rules by posting a copyrighted article. Yes, you are, the most important one of all: Thou shalt not endanger the net for thine own pleasure. Posting copyrighted material is a copyright violation. You can get sued for that. Worse, there is a distinct chance that sites which pass it on might get sued as well. (Whether such suits have a chance of succeeding is a different issue; they will do damage even if they don't.) ALL SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS READING THIS: ARTICLE <91533@sun.uucp> IS A MAJOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT THAT PUTS YOUR SITE IN DANGER. I WOULD MOST STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU REMOVE IT AT ONCE. -- The Earth is our mother; | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology our nine months are up. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu
dhare%integral@Sun.COM (Dwight Hare) (03/01/89)
In article <1989Feb28.172023.17877@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >[news.admin cross-posting added -- this is important] > >In article <91533@sun.uucp> dhare@sun.UUCP (Dwight Hare) writes: >>>Could someone post this excellent article so that those of us who don't get >>>IEEE Software can also read it? Thanks. >> >>I took this as an opportunity to play with my new OCR system. I hope that >>I'm not violating any netnews rules by posting a copyrighted article. > >Yes, you are, the most important one of all: Thou shalt not endanger the >net for thine own pleasure. Posting copyrighted material is a copyright >violation. You can get sued for that. Worse, there is a distinct chance >that sites which pass it on might get sued as well. (Whether such suits >have a chance of succeeding is a different issue; they will do damage even >if they don't.) > >ALL SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS READING THIS: ARTICLE <91533@sun.uucp> IS A >MAJOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT THAT PUTS YOUR SITE IN DANGER. I WOULD MOST >STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU REMOVE IT AT ONCE. >-- >The Earth is our mother; | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology >our nine months are up. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu Yes, you're quite right. I have notified usenet central, the author of the article, and the Manager of Intellectual Property Rights at IEEE Publishing. I have requested that the article be cancelled. I have been assured by IEEE that no litigation will result from this. I apologize for endangering the net, although I resent the implication that I purposely endangered the net for my own "pleasure". I have seen many newswire stories quoted verbatim on the net, so there is a large education problem. I hope that my experience helps to further that education. I would also encourage all who so quickly responded to my mistake that they just as quickly respond to requests that copyrighted material be posted (my posting was a response to such a request, and several days had elapsed between the request and my posting). Again my apologies to all.