lineland

[Henry Musikar]

Bingo! The musicians "signed it away." As far as I know, none of us 
have signed anything, so we can reproduce our own words to our 
heart's content. We keep that right. Messages on the net appear to me 
to be "freeware," i.e. anybody can do anything they want to with 
them (even sell them, unless expressly forbidden by the writer), 
INCLUDING THE WRITER!

It's very paranoid, even for the p-list, to believe that accepting a 
free copy op lineland is an implied, subverbal, unconcious, unwritten 
contract!

On 24 Apr 97 at 15:52, KENNETH HOUGHTON wrote:

>      Keep in mind that copyright, contrary to the claim of another person 
>      on this list, is =not= about authorship--it's about =ownership= (i.e., 
>      the right to copy).
>      
>      Ask all the musicians who lost the right to their work because they 
>      signed it away.
> 
> 
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: Re: lineland
> Author:  "Henry Musikar" <gravity at nicom.com> at dbnaccip
> Date:    4/24/97 1:29 PM
> 
> 
> Are you a lawyer, Kenneth? Cause I don't think you're correct. I have 
> a cousin in intellectual property. I'll ask her about it.
>      
> On 24 Apr 97 at 13:14, KENNETH HOUGHTON wrote:
>      
> >      What will--or, mayhaps, has--happen(ed), of course, is that any 
> >      copyright that people would have had will be superceded by IAM and the 
> >      infamous Jules, who will be rather less amenable to surrendering such 
> >      than many people on this list...
> >      
> >      
> > ______________________________ Reply Separator 
> _________________________________
> > Subject: lineland
> > Author:  mglosup at randomc.com at dbnaccip 
> > Date:    4/24/97 11:01 AM
> >      
> >      
> >      
> > As for the insinuation that Jules hatched this scheme before his 
> > subscription -- I seriously doubt  it and only the Pynchon list 
> > would spend an inordinate amount of time exploring that possibility .  
> > If I remember correctly, Andrew Dinn invited Jules to the list.
> > This book is not going to rocket past Clancey and Grisham on the 
> > NYT bestseller list.  I doubt the film rights will be sold. Jules and 
> > Dale are not going to become multi-millionaires from this 
> > publication.   
> > 
> > 
>      
> AsB4,
> Henry Musikar
>      
> Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
> Moderation in moderation. -- Husky Mariner
> 
> 

AsB4,
Henry Musikar

Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
Moderation in moderation. -- Husky Mariner