Subject: KFPR Message-ID: <37B8922B.59949F25@swbell.net> From: Rubywand Reply-To: rubywand@swbell.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 88 Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:35:23 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.193.13.22 X-Complaints-To: abuse@swbell.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 15:34:28 PDT Organization: SBC Internet Services soundwave50@my-deja.com writes ... > > In article > <19990816141658.27430.00000873@ng-ch1.aol.com>, > cturley2@aol.com (Cturley2) wrote: > > >>U.S. there is a whole chapter of the copyright law > >>which exempts educational institutions from certain > >>violations, IIRC. .... > >I agree with you completely on all of the above as > >you outlined it. .... > >GS WorldView and it's contents are a non-commercal, > >online virtual Apple II educational and reference > >institution, presented to the public for use as > >such containing educational and reference articles, > > Correct me if I'm wrong but I do not recall GS > WorldView being a registered educational institution > in the US. Not necessary. As a news 'zine GSWV already has more protections than it needs. > >certainly easier than applying a "turley tax". I > >certainly think reformation of the matters apply, > >have been covered completely and no more need be > >said on it. > > Considering the controversy taken by your original > action, I would tend to think that it would be wiser > to ask for posting permission ahead of time, for the > best interests of all involved. .... Waste of time for a news 'zine. As a poster from an A2 group on Delphi observed, their own users' group 'zine does not always ask permission. Naturally; you'd never get the thing done if you asked everyone's permission for the quotes you use. ___________ "Greg J. Buchner" writes ... > .... > > But those exemptions usually only apply to partial quotes, they don't > necessarily cover _completely_ copying something or someone else's work. Chatting is not a "work". > Quoting everything without permission risks a lawsuit. So does breathing. > > Quoting specific parts of someones post very likely falls under the > protection of fair use, as in US Code 17, Chapter 1, section 107. Unless you consider Sub-section R, Part 17, paragraph 5! > Also completey quoting someone without asking isn't polite, but > then Turley, what do you care about being polite. Considering the brain-dead garbage he has to put up with, Dr. Tom may well qualify as the most polite person on the net. ____________ The remarkable thing about this whole business is that, right after release of the 'KF Exclusive', KansasFest probably had some of the best PR anyone there could have asked for. It's too bad that the usual mini-clique of wreckers tried to sabotage, yet again, something good for II computing. Well, despite the phony wailing about stolen "works", the KF report remains. KansasFest still looks like an Apple II event worth saving. Rubywand