Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!brolga!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!lance!ptcburp!michi From: michi@ptcburp.ptcbu.oz.au (Michael Henning) Newsgroups: rec.skydiving Subject: Re: Copyright??! Message-ID: <366@ptcburp.ptcbu.oz.au> Date: 24 Mar 91 00:48:08 GMT References: <8btWXFS00V86M653JH@andrew.cmu.edu> <5482@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> <1991Mar22.070901.13060@nmt.edu> <18674@cs.utexas.edu> Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation Lines: 47 bunda@cs.utexas.edu (John Bunda) writes: >In article <1991Mar22.070901.13060@nmt.edu> dbriggs@nrao.edu >(Daniel Briggs) writes about copyrighting and the problem of being >quoted (e.g. in Skydiving). >I fail to see much of a difference between posting here, and having >your words printed in Skydiving. Anyone can read either, it's just a >difference in distribution. If your posting wouldn't be appropriate >in Skydiving magazine (e.g. as a letter to the editor) why is it any >more appropriate here? If you want to get the word out{on some >incident, why would you object to getting it out to a wider audience >in Skydiving? Would your posting be different if you knew everyone >on your home DZ would read it? I've been following this group for more than two years now, and I've been able to pick up quite a few interesting bits and pieces, particularly about safety issues. On the odd occasion, I have been passing articles on to the editor (Dave McEvoy) of "Rambling On", the Australian skydiving magazine. Dave has published selected bits, particularly on topics concerning Australian drop zones. The discussion about the dangers of hitting the tail when exiting from a Twin Bonanza comes to mind (we have a Twin Bonanza at our DZ). The point is, there is a lot of discussion going on here that is worth passing on to jumpers who do not have access to the net. And when it comes to safety issues, I believe that it would be almost irresponsible not to pass the information on. If someone posts an article here that basically says "we made the following mistake the other day, and someone nearly died because of it, don't make the same mistake", then I certainly want to make sure that as many jumpers as possible get to know about it. I am not at all sure about the legal situation, but it seems to me that attaching a copyright to an opinion expressed in a public forum is somehow pointless. After all, if you are afraid that someone might quote you, prosecute you, or drag you into a legal battle, then maybe you shouldn't express an opinion here in the first place. If your article is published in "Skydive" (or "Rambling On", for that matter), and a reader of that magazine sues you as a result of this, then the same thing may happen if a reader of this newsgroup decides to do the same. Where is the difference ? Michi. -- -m------- Michael Henning +61 75 950255 ---mmm----- Pyramid Technology +61 75 522475 FAX -----mmmmm--- Research Park, Bond University michi@ptcburp.ptcbu.oz.au -------mmmmmmm- Gold Coast, Q 4229, AUSTRALIA uunet!munnari!ptcburp.oz!michi