-----Original Message----- From: Geneva J. Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 11:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <nettime> 6th century hactivist >trial and ended with Dermitt's famous verdict: "To every cow it's calf, to >every book it's copy." > >(Does a biological approach to copies differ from a technological >(mechanical) approach? Is this about the authorization of products or >their distribution? And who cashes the cheque?) And if the calf was cloned from some discarded hair? The idea of progeny of the human mind still rings in courtrooms across our land (I'm in California), but bear in mind the vast gulf between the European view and the American view, with which you undoubtedly are familiar but which is often too easy to minimize: in Europe, writings are the expression of the author's personality, and the relationship between a man and his word inviolate; in America, it's just another commodity for sale. Geneva # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]