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From: chuq@sun.uucp (Chuq Von Rospach)
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Subject: Re: Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex
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Date: Sun, 1-Jun-86 01:51:09 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  1 01:51:09 1986
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> 
> 			  MAN OF STEEL, WOMAN OF KLEENEX
> 			       by Larry Niven (1969)
> 

Please note that this posting is a blatant violation of copyright.  "Man of
Steel, Woman of Kleenex" was published in the book "All the Myriad Ways" and
is copyright 1971 by Larry Niven.  This is an unapproved publication, and by
leaving the copyright notices off you have possibly put the work into the
public domain and infringed on Niven's rights to potential future earnings.

This is a very serious matter.  It not only affects a work by a professional
author, it creates a number of legal liabilities.  Niven can, among other
things, sue the poster, the site/organization the posting came from, and the
net itself (if you could ever figure out how to define the net) for the loss
of copyright and future earnings on the work. 

I suggest that all SA's on the system track down the associated article and
remove it from their systems and not propogate it further.  I also suggest
that the person involved contact Larry Niven with an apology, and see what
can be done to minimize the damage.  Everyone needs to THINK before posting
about the implications -- copyright is NOT something to take lightly, folks.
It is an authors livelihood.

Disgusted,

	chuq
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