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Subject: Re: IRBS.COM is archiving and posting threads from this list!
From: George Huxtable (george@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Sep 05 2002 - 11:31:09 EDT
Jared Sherman sent the posting, copied below, to the list. I replied,
inadvertently, to Jared directly rather than to the list. Jared has
responded to that reply via the list, and listmembers will not have seen
what he was referring to. Below, then, is a copy of my reply to Jared. As
for his posted response to that, there isn't a lot of ground separating his
position from mine. George.
Jared Sherman wrote-
>Tonight I ran across some threads that came from here--but were posted on
>IRBS.COM.
>
>http://www.irbs.com/lists/navigation/0206/0011.html is one of them.
>
>I was wondering if IRBS had simply stolen the messages, or had permission
>to repost them.
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Well, I for one am all in favour of the free-and-easy open nature of the
web. Most of those posting material do not expect to maintain or enforce
any copyright on it, I suspect. If they do, they should say so. So I think
Jared's description of the messages as being "stolen" is unnecessarily
pejorative. If it was a message I had written, I would be quite pleased to
find it being quoted.
Beware the narcissistic pleasures of entering ones own name into a
search-engine! Jared's message could open up an interesting topic for
discussion.
George Huxtable.
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George Huxtable, 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.
Tel. 01865 820222 or (int.) +44 1865 820222.
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