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From: king@glacier.Stanford.EDU (Robin King)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: Copyright??!
Message-ID: <1991Mar24.023443.24253@cascade.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 24 Mar 91 02:34:43 GMT
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In article <18674@cs.utexas.edu> bunda@cs.utexas.edu (John Bunda) writes:
>....
>I fail to see much of a difference between posting here, and having
>your words printed in Skydiving. 

	Well, I wouldn't want to be quoted out of this forum 
	without permission. It's one thing to have a bonafide 
	interview with a reporter-- you know then that you're
	"making a statement"-- and quite another to have one 
	eavesdropping on your conversations.  There's a certain 
	implied readership here; one doesn't expect to broadcast 
	to an infinite audience.

  	Part of the value of this format is that people communicate
 	in a less formal way that's closer to talking.  It's looser.  
	For instance, it's common here to make a sarcastic joke and 
	insert a :^).  Net-readers know that you're joking (usually)
	But imagine the horror if some journalist puts it in hard
	print without giving you the option to explain Mr. Smiley!
	You can be seriously misrepresented.  
	
	Any reporter worth her salt would be extremely careful 
	about quoting from here.  It's a great source of leads
	but to be responsible they should research their stories 
	and conduct bonafide interviews.  We're not the AP after 
	all.  I, for one, don't want the fear of being quoted 
	hanging over my head every time I post (not that I'm 
	so quotable :^)

	Robin

	Ob skydiving:  THREE weekends of rain and clouds!  
		       I'm going crazy!