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From: Get Used to it! on 10 Dec 2005 22:40 houghi wrote: > Get Used to it! wrote: > >>Bill clearly credits Jem at the bottom of his posting and I do happen to >>"appreciate" his posting it here. > > > He did not credit him. He placed the copyright in the message. Say if I > copy and paste a complete book here in plain text (or any other group > where it would be on topic) and just include the copyright, that would > not make it OK to post. > > If it were so easy to just include the copyright thingy and say it is a > credit, I could just copy any CD and DVD, including the copyrights and > just say: Hey, I credited the maker, so no problem. > <ploink>
From: houghi on 10 Dec 2005 22:39 Valentin Guillen wrote: > While posting the article complete maybe wasn't the wisest idea, he did > leave the copyright attribution intact. A copyright tells you who owns the right to copy. It does not GIVE you the right to copy. The right is on the side of the owner, not on the side of the person who copies. > Putting the author and copyright > at the top of the article would have been even better, but hey...... Understanding what a copyright is and act accordingly would be even better. > The sky didn't fall down! > > The sun didn't extinguish! > > The oceans didn't dry up! Yes, they did. Oh, you mean here on earth. > I'm fairly certain that Will had the best intentions. I am sure he had them. Just as you. > And I'll wager that > after this roasting he's getting, he'll be thinking twice about posting in > a similar manner in the future. What roasting? because people point out that what he did MIGHT have been wrong due to the copyright issue and how to handle things in the future, I would say he was helped rather then roasted. If it was a roasting it would have gone in a complete different direction. Also both posts let the possibilaty open that he actually is the owner of said piece. -- houghi Please do not toppost http://houghi.org You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, Usenet
From: Chuck on 10 Dec 2005 23:09 On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:38:13 +0000, Get Used to it! wrote: > I'm "amazed"! > > <ploink> Are you quoting me? Thanks.
From: Get Used to it! on 10 Dec 2005 23:21 Chuck wrote: > On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:38:13 +0000, Get Used to it! wrote: > > >>I'm "amazed"! >> >><ploink> > > > Are you quoting me? Thanks. > http://www.dickalba.demon.co.uk/usenet/guide/faq_kill.html
From: Get Used to it! on 10 Dec 2005 23:35
Valentin Guillen wrote: > On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 02:23:29 +0100, mst wrote: > > >>On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:47:29 -0600 Will Knox <kc5dhm(a)grandecom.net> wrote: >> >> >>>When you're >> >>I hope you're not trying to take credit for Jem Matzan's article, unless >>you're Jem and are nymshifting. > > > While posting the article complete maybe wasn't the wisest idea, he did > leave the copyright attribution intact. Putting the author and copyright > at the top of the article would have been even better, but hey...... > > The sky didn't fall down! > > The sun didn't extinguish! > > The oceans didn't dry up! > > I'm fairly certain that Will had the best intentions. And I'll wager that > after this roasting he's getting, he'll be thinking twice about posting in > a similar manner in the future. > > OK, let's move along people....nothing to see here..... > > > vg I am sorry Gentlemen, Maybe I am addressing a largely German audience, and as Chuck has pointed out, I am just another stupid American with two years of high school German who couldn't even ask coherent directions to the nearest toilet in Germany. In fact, hardly any of us can speak anything fluently and if you ask our Britt Cousins that would include "English!" However, you guys are gonna be in for a rude awakening when the rest of the America's Novell holdouts finally accept that there isn't going to be a Netware 7 and reluctantly come to the realization that their only alternative is to either Migrate to Microsoft or embrace either Linux or a UNIX alternative. We are neither this formal in our newsgroups or as conscious of bandwidth and resource conservation concerns as our European counterparts. We tend to ramble and to make offhanded remarks (All in good sport of course!), and I meant no offense to houghi, but honestly, I don't see how Will did a thing other than to provide a service in the interest of helping others in his reposting of Jem's Article. Helping each other! Isn't that what Newsgroups are all about? Thank you, Will! PS The last time I spoke with a German visitor to my country, I felt as if my grammer was under a microscope as she lamblasted my every gramatical error. What goes around comes around! |