On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 01:48:52PM -0000, Andrew Crystall wrote: > "Lomborg's response was to publish the text of the Scientific American > article on his own website and to intersperse it with a detailed > response to every point raised by his critics. Scientific American > then threatened to sue Lomborg over copyright." > > I think that says it all really. > > It is NOT acceptable to post an entire article on a website, no matter > WHO does it if you don't have the appropriate permissions. Period.
Of course it is acceptable in this case. Lomborg was replying in a reasonable way to an article extremely critical about HIS book. If Scientific American's publishers had any scientific ethics at all, they wouldn't object to someone responding in a detailed manner to an article they published. It all comes down to what they consider most important: open discussion of important scientific topics, championing their beliefs at all costs, or maximizing their profit. Clearly, they don't consider the first important. Sad. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
