Christopher Smith wrote:
[snip]> This is a very good point. Dennis has already made generally
available
for free a whole cartload of his work (musical and verbal) while
retaining his copyright, on his various websites. No doubt he considers
his writings here to be similar.
I, on the other hand, have freely given away a bunch of my writings in
the public domain, which is a different kettle of fish. But just because
<I> don't care who re-distributes MY work doesn't mean that I don't
support Dennis' point of view.
Point made, I think.
I agree, Dennis has a very valid point concerning his copyrighted
messages but holding forth on this forum does no good. Getting his
intellectual property lawyer involved is the only way to resolve this issue.
Those external archives aren't going to listen to any of us, unless we
back it up with a lawsuit which has monetary and punitive damages attached.
All those archives are going to say, in response to our complaints and
requests to stop, is "Oh, yeah? Sez who? You gonna make me? Let me
see you try!" Just like the schoolyard bullies who thought our lunch
money was their lunch money, it's only when someone with authority to
incur penalties gets involved that such actions cease. In this case
that would be the courts.
We can discuss it until we're blue in the face, and no matter how valid,
both legally and morally, Dennis' points, what we feel carries no weight
with the archive sites.
We can petition Henry to pursue it through SHSU, and can also petition
him to find a way for human-only subscription.
But even that may be impossible in trying to stop things.
--
David H. Bailey
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