From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Mon Aug 13 14:46:49 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_1); 13 Aug 2001 21:46:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 22566 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2001 21:45:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 13 Aug 2001 21:45:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.169.75.101) by mta2 with SMTP; 13 Aug 2001 21:45:59 -0000 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15WPX4-00048F-00 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:45:58 -0700 Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:45:58 -0700 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] New to lojban, any suggestions? Message-ID: <20010813144558.Y9477@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com References: <18.10af9bf9.28a99144@aol.com> <20010813133031.N9477@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i From: Robin Lee Powell On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 09:43:40PM +0000, Robert J. Chassell wrote: > 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. You're preaching to the choir. -Robin, who recently gave over $100 to the EFF. -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ BTW, I'm male, honest. le datni cu djica le nu zifre .iku'i .oi le so'e datni cu to'e te pilno je xlali -- RLP http://www.lojban.org/