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<Do not piss upon people from a great height, for when you (I use you in the collective sence not refering to any one person here) have to descend from your lofty position, someone else might piss on you on your way down> Sorry Larry but you know how it is very difficult for me not to agree with you, I couldn't resist this one and it made me smile in the light of the current debates on Shortlist, the UK's discussion list for people with restricted growth. yes, yes, yes! :-) Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: The Disability-Research Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of David Pfeiffer > Sent: 26 October 2002 00:15 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Internet research > > > There is a real difference between a musical performance (based on a > musical score and it does not matter if the musician does not have the > score there), a play (based on a script which the players memorized), a > formal address (which was at one time written down) and a conversation in > a bar (sorry, pub). The author(s) can obtain a copyright on the first > three, but not on the last one. It is the informal, public nature of the > conversation which does not allow it to be under copyright. The > conversation is possibly hearable to anyone in the pub and this message is > possibly readable by any number of people on this list. The conversation > can be quoted to a friend later (not in the pub) and this message can be > quoted to another non-list pc user or on another list. I readily agree it > would be better if the person obtained my permission or at least notified > me, but such action is not required. You can, of course, send a message to > the list and say you own the copyright to it although no court would > uphold your exclusive right to reprint it......David > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > David Pfeiffer, Ph.D. > Resident Scholar > Center on Disability Studies > University of Hawaii at Manoa > [log in to unmask] > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > One small step for mankind and I fall flat on my face. > D. Pfeiffer, July 4, 2003 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > ________________End of message______________________ > > Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List > are now located at: > > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > > You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page. > ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page. ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.