Dear Dee Dee questioned whether Reuters might haul me off to court for
cutting and pasting one of their articles to an internet list.
Having worked as a writer and editor for many years, my understanding of
copyright is that I might be in trouble if I purloined a large amount of
material, without credit, and passed it off as my own.
Another test is whether or not what I quote and attribute would benefit
the original copyright holder or not. Clearly my quoting and giving
attribution to my source does not cast Reuters in a negative light, and
does not benefit me financially in any way. It benefit them with free
publicity and might attract more readers to their website, thus very
indirectly benefitting them financially.
I don't know if my recollection of copyright rules is up to date, but
that's my recollection. Ron is probably more up to date on this than I.
Others have answered, much better than I could, why the information was
pertinent to fibernet, and I thank Sandra for sending along. I think
it's as pertinent as possums. <vbg>
All kidding aside about non-cloven-footed fiber animals, I have been
warned, by a professional who works on response to animal
health emergencies, to be sure not to let anyone from Britain onto my
property. This now would extend to Scotland and Ireland, since, sadly,
the disease has now been reported there.
This person recently worked on a simulated outbreak of FMD in Texas. How
ironic, or maybe fortuitous that this exercise took place so close to
the real outbreak in the UK.
Our farm will be participating in a group farm tour in April, and we
will be posting warning signs that no person who has traveled to Great
Britain or Europe since Jan. 1, 2001, will be allowed to enter our
property.
Mary
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