----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 8:27 PM Subject: Re: eBay & Boz's site
> "Showing someone up" in the manner used here is a method of demeaning > someone for, perhaps supposed intellectual inferiority or other failings. > What is the purpose of being sarcastic? Did you think it was humorous? Did > you think it would help sell your point as being obviously correct - as > though sarcasm was an argument in itself? Bob, I didn't want to offend anyone. Nor to demean or show anyone's infe/superiority. I respect people on this list. But still reserve my right to have a different opinion. Which I express here. Permission to distribute or use, for any purpose whatsoever, granted. > Specifications of existing products cannot be copyrighted. <SNIP> > > We would not be having this discussion if it were not a direct copy from > Boz's site of Boz's intellectual property (the industrial art of his > presentation of facts about the MZ/ZX-50). See the following link to Boz's > site: > > http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/MZ-ZX/mzzx50.html I have seen the original page. I have been on Boz's site hundreds of times -- he did a fantastic job compiling the specs. Which cannot be copyrighted, pictures, which can, and putting it all in nice HTML which I have no idea whether it can be copyrighted or not. Hopefully it can't. > I'm not attempting to be offensive here, but I am curious. Does your > reaction result from a cultural difference of some sort? Which of my > examples (which you omitted from your response) did you not understand or > agree with? No offense taken. My reaction is a result of seeing way too much BS tied to "intellectual property" lately (including, but not limited to "requiring explicit permission to link to a site" -- IIRC from McKinsey website http://www.mckinsey.com/terms.asp ), And as far as cultural differences go, the copyright laws are, in fact, different in different countries. Moreover, in BIGGER part of the world, there're none. USA stands out as the contry with truly absurd copyright laws (I live in USA, in Boston, and work as a software enginier, before that I had a research position, so I do know what I am talking about). > I don't, as a rule, hold private discussions with list members. It has > become too abusive in the past. That's up to us, isn't it? :) > Regards, > Bob.... Best, Mishka > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an > accordion." > -- Jed Babbit (Former US Under-secretary of Defense) Hope you had Jed Babbit permission to use this quote... Which, btw, may be offensive for French readers, don't you think? This is a friendly place, after all.
