For anyone in need of a little weekend reading material:
>From the cni-copyright listserv Wednesday, September 20, 2006 7:05 PM > An interesting little brouhaha or foofaraw or both I guess about Bob > Dylan's latest album in which in his hundreds of lines in 10 songs, > about 10 lines seem to be derived from/influenced by and in one or > two instances almost directly lifted from a Confederate Poet from 150 > year ago, Henry Timrod. > > http://www.poemhunter.com/henry-timrod/poet-38056/ > > Obviously there is no copyright problem since Timrod's works are in > the public domain. But some folk seem upset that Dylan, a songwriter > and poet and not an academic, did not credit his sources of > inspiration. Or that somehow there is something amiss with him using > what exists to create something new. > > Here are a couple of links if anyone is interested in reading a bit > more about this: > > http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/15530551.htm > > Or read Suzanne Vega's take on it: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/17/opinion/17vega.html?_r=1&oref=login > > http://tinyurl.com/hhcfq > > I think the practice of some authors of including "thanks" to other > sources and people, even if not required by law, is a good one. > Michener and Stephenson both do this -- as to many sci fi writers. > But mostly it is a thanks for research or a subjective, reflective > statement of who a major influence on the author was. Not required > by law, but a right thing to do... > > Steve > -- > Prof. Steven D. Jamar vox: 202-806-8017 > Howard University School of Law fax: 202-806-8567 > 2900 Van Ness Street NW mailto:stevenjamar at gmail.com > Washington, DC 20008 http://iipsj.com/SDJ/ > > "The aim of education must be the training of independently acting > and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the > community their highest life achievement." > > Albert Einstein
