From bob@RATTLESNAKE.COM Mon Aug 13 14:44:33 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: bob@rattlesnake.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_1); 13 Aug 2001 21:44:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 88384 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2001 21:43:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 13 Aug 2001 21:43:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (140.186.114.245) by mta2 with SMTP; 13 Aug 2001 21:43:45 -0000 Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.111) for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:43:40 +0000 (UTC) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:43:40 +0000 (UTC) To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-reply-to: <20010813133031.N9477@digitalkingdom.org> (message from Robin Lee Powell on Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:30:31 -0700) Subject: Re: [lojban] New to lojban, any suggestions? Reply-to: bob@rattlesnake.com References: <18.10af9bf9.28a99144@aol.com> <20010813133031.N9477@digitalkingdom.org> From: "Robert J. Chassell" Last time I checked, I can legally underline paragraphs in my own book, and then lend it to a friend so he can see the underlined portions. Right. That kind of sharing is called `fair use'. It is the kind of sharing that parents encourage among children. (`Don't be selfish; share that toy!' This kind of sharing is under attack. In the US, a fellow was recently arrested for providing you with the electronic equivalent of the ability to lend a book to a friend, a book that you have legally purchased The question is: do you want to continue to have the legal right to "underline paragraphs in my own book, and then lend it to a friend..."? If so, you need to persuade people that this right is important. You need to do this in every country, not just the US. As a practical matter, take politician out to lunch, or take his or her political assistant; talk a judge or lawyer; talk to a journalist, or publisher. -- Robert J. Chassell bob@rattlesnake.com Rattlesnake Enterprises http://www.rattlesnake.com