gilly@bucsf.bu.edu (Gilly Rosenthol) (01/19/90)
That same old question again - copyrights. I have a wonderful story that would make a great tall tale, but it's copyrighted. Obviously, legally, I shouldn't post it. But it's so good! What say you? If it's decided that we should respect (or at least obey) copyright laws, I'll at least post the title and author, but I already have the story typed in, so... Let me know what you think. -- +--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | Gilly Rosenthol |"Don't dream it, be it" -The Rocky Horror Picture Show | | gilly@bucsb.bu.edu |"On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. | | | L'essentiel est invisible aux yeux." -Le Petit Prince | +--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
haste+@andrew.cmu.edu (Dani Zweig) (01/19/90)
Gilly Rosenthol:
>...would make a great tall tale, but it's copyrighted.
I'd say that the operative question, setting aside the letter of the law, is
whether you're hurting the author. If what you want to post is a good story
from a good book, you are probably benefiting the author by alerting people
to the existence of that book.
My own tendency is to be moderately sloppy about copyrights. If you want to
be more cautious or conscientious, you can always *write* to the author and
ask permission.
--Dani