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There is copyright and there is netiquette. Again I've always assumed

that my words here remain here, on this Group. If I wanted them

published, I would publish them. The value is that any of us can say

what we want without fear of it seeing it somewhere else... attributed

or not... Remember that on this group we are students, teachers,

administrators, many within the same institiutiion. What if someone

were to do an article about language, for example, and start quoting

Ken at length and anyone who addressed the issue? Fair use, yes, but

not fair.

doug

 

 

 

> I'm guilty of crossposting on TCM and CHA because I've noted that the

> TCM list must have at least in part been generated from CHA. I have

> no objection to that method of generation. I hope that in the case of

> these two specific lists we can crosspost from time to time ... or I

> will consider just starting the same thread anew on each list. If

> even this much crossposting is in poor taste or bad netiquette, I will

> most assuredly cease and desist and offer my apologies.

>

> Emmanuel Segmen

> Many folks are eloquent and able to express their thoughts in print

> better than others and through their words help others express their

> own thoughts albeit using someone else's words. Is this an

> infringement of copywrite?

>

> I'm also not sure how I feel about crossposting between two groups.

> In our case, CHA and this group. I know that in other groups I belong

> to, it is considered poor netiquette. Would like to know what others

> think.

>

> Fernando

>

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Doug,

 

Sounds fair enough to me. I'll reply then only on the same list as the original

email is generated. If I start my own thread, I'll feel free to start it on

both lists and let each go their merry way.

 

Emmanuel Segmen

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Chinese Medicine

Thursday, October 02, 2003 11:19 PM

woids

 

 

>

There is copyright and there is netiquette. Again I've always assumed

that my words here remain here, on this Group. If I wanted them

published, I would publish them. The value is that any of us can say

what we want without fear of it seeing it somewhere else... attributed

or not... Remember that on this group we are students, teachers,

administrators, many within the same institiutiion. What if someone

were to do an article about language, for example, and start quoting

Ken at length and anyone who addressed the issue? Fair use, yes, but

not fair.

doug

 

 

 

> I'm guilty of crossposting on TCM and CHA because I've noted that the

> TCM list must have at least in part been generated from CHA. I have

> no objection to that method of generation. I hope that in the case of

> these two specific lists we can crosspost from time to time ... or I

> will consider just starting the same thread anew on each list. If

> even this much crossposting is in poor taste or bad netiquette, I will

> most assuredly cease and desist and offer my apologies.

>

> Emmanuel Segmen

> Many folks are eloquent and able to express their thoughts in print

> better than others and through their words help others express their

> own thoughts albeit using someone else's words. Is this an

> infringement of copywrite?

>

> I'm also not sure how I feel about crossposting between two groups.

> In our case, CHA and this group. I know that in other groups I belong

> to, it is considered poor netiquette. Would like to know what others

> think.

>

> Fernando

>

 

 

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Doug,

 

Yet again I am bemused by the fact that

the results of actions are so hard to

predict. I had something entirely different

in mind, and now we're talking about this...

> >

> There is copyright and there is netiquette. Again I've always

assumed

> that my words here remain here, on this Group. If I wanted them

> published, I would publish them. The value is that any of us can

say

> what we want without fear of it seeing it somewhere else...

 

Really?

 

Then why say it?

 

I don't get what their is to be afraid of.

 

attributed

> or not... Remember that on this group we are students, teachers,

> administrators, many within the same institiutiion.

 

Again, maybe I'm missing something that

is patently obvious, but so what?

 

What if someone

> were to do an article about language, for example, and start

quoting

> Ken at length and anyone who addressed the issue? Fair use, yes,

but

> not fair.

> doug

 

One more time, amigo, I just don't get it.

As the Ken in " quoting Ken " I can tell you

that the answer to what if is, " OK, no

problem. " If someone figured out a way

to make a bag full of money from something

that I wrote, first thing I'd want to

do is find out what I've been doing wrong.

 

I mean, hey, what is the problem with

having people quote, cite, refer to,

abscond with, and otherwise appropriate

and expropriate the woids?

 

Isn't that what we're all about?

 

The legal thing is its own ball of twine.

 

Let's not get our sensitive new age

souls all tangled up in it.

 

I'm afraid that by asking the question

initially I raised folks' hackles and

introduced a kind of protective qi

to the proceedings.

 

There's really nothing to be afraid of.

 

The best thing in the world for a writer

is to be ripped off. Remember how Jerry

Rubin pulled off the Steal This Book!

caper.

 

The problem I see is not how to protect

each other from being improperly quoted.

The problem is how we can all develop

our mutual communication skills to the

point where we can communicate what it

is that we have to say to the public that

is apparently so interested in having

information about all these topics we

discuss. And I think that the free and

open atmosphere on both of these lists

is an important ingredient in maintaining

an environment in which this development

can take place.

 

Which is why I've taken up your time

with this. I suggest we do everything

within our power to encourage the

dissemination of what we all have to

say, inviting wider participation in and

an increasingly broad audience for what

I think are some important things that

the folks on these lists have to say.

 

 

Ken

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