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From: apollo@dartvax.UUCP (Allen Ellison)
Newsgroups: net.jokes.d
Subject: Re: Barry flaming.
Message-ID: <3180@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 29-May-85 11:10:54 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 29 11:10:54 1985
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Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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I'm about as familiar with this editor as I am with a Fierro,
so if you want to read Berry's letter that I'm referring to,
you can go back, and look for it yourself.

It is my opinion, what Dave Berry is expressing in his letter, which      
is probably the same opinion the Miami Herald would hold, and
what lies behind the principles of copyrighting in the first place,
is that no one cares if an article is quoted with recognition!

The purpose behind copyrighting is to prevent a person from
making money from work which he did not create, and in essence
stealing from the original author.  It's a very complex issue,
dealing with the conflict of sources and revenue, but it hardly
pertains to the issue with rossj.

There is such a word as exception.  If you're at an intersection
in the middle of the night, and your light is stuck on red, and
has been for the last ten minutes, sure, it's illegal to pass
the red light, but there's a matter of practicality.  If a policeman
pulls you over because you ran a red light, and you explained the
situation to him, he will probably let you go.  The same applies
to rossj.  The situation is so trivial that I don't even know
why I'm replying to it.

--Allen  (apollo)