County May Allow Parents to Bar Children From Interne

[Bill Drew]

CMUNSON wrote:

> Wilfred Drew wrote:
> >I must voice my support for Roy's decision.  Copyright has nothing to do it
> >being "easier just to
> >mail the damn article to this list."   The easy way is eldom the right way
> >or the preferred way.  Having been a victim of copyright abuse, I tend to
> >err on the cautious side.  I strongly suggest we all do that.  The blatant
> >violations I have seen here recently fly in the face of common sense and
> >sound judgement.
>
> <GADFLY MODE ON>
> But it does, Mr. Drew! If it was an article from a magazine, I would have
> sought reprint permission, which I have done before on this list. But
> online newspaper articles are more ephemeral and given how newspapers run
> their web sites, simply citing a URL is not enough! Secondly, most of the
> subscribers on this list don't have access to the paper versions of the
> article and others may have slow modem connections. Why can't I or David,
> share an article with this list? I'm not publishing it. I pay for a
> subscription to the Post.

But you are publishing it!!!!!  Your interpretation of copyright is not the same that appears to be held by the courts or any
of the recent literature I have seen on copyright.  You are voicing your opinion not a fact of the law.  Who has access here
or not does NOT matter and does not really enter into the discussions.

I mentioned before that I had been a victim of copy right infringment.  It occured entirely in the lectronic realm of the
Internet.  Someone extracted my listing of libraries from my publication, Not Just Cows (which is on the WWW), and called it
their own.  He/she may have interpreted it as fair use just as your are interpreteing  posting of entire articles.  I suggest
you contact a lwayer.  You may need one.

>
>
> I think it is unfair to hold those who have a different interpretation of
> fair use to the narrow, propertarian, pro-corporate interpretation of fair
> use that other have.

It maybe "unfair" in your opinion but we as librarians are required to uphold the copyright law even if we disagree with it.

Bill Drew
drewwe at morrisville.edu