-Joan
On 11/23/05, Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Randolfe Wicker wrote:
> "It's just not good net-etiquette to copy and paste entire articles.
The article is not yours to publish."
>
> I'm not great on etiquette. I subscribe to the New York Times.
Anyone can access articles from the last five days for free. If I
am creating a discussion thread at The Immortality Institute referring
to some scientific article or news story from the NYT, most people
won't bother to click a link, sign up and read it.
>
> If the discussion thread continues for over five days (most do),
then it is impossible for others to get the article without paying
for it unless they are NYT subscribers.
Well, as it's been noted, the NYT doesn't get the web:
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64110,00.html
> Since The Immortality Institute is a 501 (c) nonprofit corporation,
we act as a kind of repository for information. As an Immortalist,
it is more important to me to share valuable and important information
with others devoted to stopping the disease of aging than it is to
"respect" the NYT "technical" copyright.
Let us know if that stands up in a court of law...
> Well, I buy a copy of the New York Times. I could cut out the article
and show it to as many of my friends as I wished. Is it so different for
me to share it "for free" with my more numerous friends around the world
on the Internet?
Yes. Showing your copy to friends is different that publishing something
(you have no right to publish) to a world-wide audience. I'm pretty sure
buying a copy of the NYT does not grant you redistribution/republishing
rights.
I can invite friends over to listen to some music, or watch a movie, but
do you think I can get away with publishing the music or movies on the
web that I do not have the right to publish?
Pete
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