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From: tcain@dartvax.UUCP (Terry Cain)
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Subject: Re: Dave Berry Copyrights Flame
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Date: Sat, 18-May-85 20:38:32 EDT
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> I think I missed the original article that this discussion is
> about, so my remarks may be off-base, but here goes anyway...
> 
> Any ethical concept needs intelligent application.
> As a goal, we want to reward creative effort.
> There was a lengthy quote from the book, "Red Sky in Morning",
> and I am MORE likely to reward the original author for his
> efforts (by buying the book) as a result of seeing the quote.
> Posting the quote may therefore end up benefiting the author
> rather than causing damage to him.
> 
> We must not confuse goals with means.  Creators should be credited
> or otherwise rewarded for their good efforts; posting excerpts from
> their work is often consistent with this goal.
> 
> I also don't see limited numbers of jokes quoted out of books
> as damageing, unless the author has specificly created these
> jokes.  (How many of you heard the "Foo bird" joke long before
> you saw it in print?)  Most jokes cost only the time spent to
> read or listen to them, and for a compiler to suddenly "own"
> something that he got for free dosn't make sense.

I thought that this was net.jokes.  Where are the jokes?
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