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Re: Sci Journals, authors, internet
by pgut001＠cs.auckland.ac.nz 15 Jun '02

15 Jun '02

Greg Newby <gbnewby(a)ils.unc.edu> writes: >Some electronic journals, some conferences and some print journals now let >authors retain copyright or, if they keep copyright, allow authors to do what >they please with their work. Usenix is really good with this. You agree not to re-publish anything for a period of one year (to cover their print distribution), although you're allowed to put a copy on your home page. After that, you're free to do what you like. They also make all their stuff available online at no charge after a year. This is why I preferentially submit papers to Usenix rather than ACM or IEEE, I want to get the information out there where it does some good, not have it locked up in a copyright prison for all eternity. I can't imagine that the ACM is going to make much (if anything) from the reprint rights of a ten-year-old article on distributed search algorithms, but by locking it up, very few people ever have access to it. (Hmm, I wonder if it can be argued that making stuff intended for public distribution inaccessible violates the creator's moral rights? I know that doesn't apply in the US, but in other countries it might work. Moral rights can't be assigned, so no publisher can take that away from you. Any lawyers out there?). >It's far more typical, though, for the journal to get all rights, except >perhaps classroom use (aka "fair use") by the author. That's more traditional for publishers like IEEE and ACM. OTOH they seem to turn a blind eye to people making papers available on their home pages, even if the publishing agreement says you shouldn't do that. I suspect the backlash would be too strong if they tried to clamp down on this, although I wish it'd be formalised in some way rather than leaving it as a grey area. Peter.

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Artist's rights?
by Michael Motyka 15 Jun '02

15 Jun '02

> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Lucky Green wrote: > > > The other half of the shears cutting away at the public's right to > > entertain themselves with the artwork they purchased in any way they > > please is represented by parts of the art culture of significant > > political clout, in particular in Europe. Bills are pending or have > > already passed, that make it illegal for a buyer of a work of art to > > simply dispose of the work, or use it as kindling in his fireplace, once > > he no longer desires to own it. No, you can't just burn that painting > > you bought from some street corner painter five years ago. Though you > > are permitted to give the painting back to the artist. Without > > compensation, of course. > > the american artists are also trying to get this kind of "right" > in place for themselves. The perspective isn't so much copyright > as it is "leave it alone forever". But it amounts to the same thing. > Beyond absurd. A piece of art is like any other piece of property. Mike

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Slashdot | The Economics of File Sharing (Liebowitz of Cato has 2nd thoughts...) (fwd)
by Jim Choate 15 Jun '02

15 Jun '02

http://slashdot.org/articles/02/06/13/1336203.shtml?tid=141 -- ____________________________________________________________________ When I die, I would like to be born again as me. Hugh Hefner ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Slashdot | Using Cellular Traffic to Monitor Traffic Jams (fwd)
by Jim Choate 15 Jun '02

15 Jun '02

http://slashdot.org/articles/02/06/13/0428229.shtml?tid=100 -- ____________________________________________________________________ When I die, I would like to be born again as me. Hugh Hefner ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Slashdot | Too Many Patents as Bad as Too Few (fwd)
by Jim Choate 15 Jun '02

15 Jun '02

http://slashdot.org/articles/02/06/14/1744216.shtml?tid=155 -- ____________________________________________________________________ When I die, I would like to be born again as me. Hugh Hefner ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Boy of 17 hacks into missile secrets... (fwd)
by Jim Choate 15 Jun '02

15 Jun '02

http://www.thisislondon.com/dynamic/news/story.html?in_review_id=613066&in_… -- ____________________________________________________________________ When I die, I would like to be born again as me. Hugh Hefner ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Salon.com Technology | Book Review - The end of the revolution (History of ICANN) (fwd)
by Jim Choate 15 Jun '02

15 Jun '02

http://salon.com/tech/books/2002/06/14/root/index.html -- ____________________________________________________________________ When I die, I would like to be born again as me. Hugh Hefner ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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CNN.com - S. Carolina orders police to stop plutonium - June 15, 2002 (State v Feds)
by Jim Choate 15 Jun '02

15 Jun '02

http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/06/15/sc.plutonium/index.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ When I die, I would like to be born again as me. Hugh Hefner ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Lose Inches and Look Great This Summer!
by Trimlife 15 Jun '02

15 Jun '02

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Emergency Indicators, Current Events
by Wilfred L. Guerin 15 Jun '02

15 Jun '02

[Please CC "Wilfred(a)Cryogen.com" all responses.] In light of the forthcoming Tyrany/Dictatorship with the all-honest fed-gestapo, and resulting from Fox's display of (attached image) upon the takedown of their entire server array immediately after posting *legitimate* inquiry/articles, I search and notice a severe lack of publicised listings of the conventional emergency indicator images, the old cold-war type warning symbols, and there is absolutely no publication (disappeared, with a *heck* of a lot of other "safety" and counter-hostility information) of any of the response directives, nor can we find openly a listing of the symbols and their interpretations whatsoever... This, along with the current events and other issues, indicate a heightened expectation for public outcry with the forthcoming events, some of which are apparently delayed/late, as the common populus has not yet revolted about the oil profit federal terrorists, nor other issues... The concern, is for the 40% population who comprehends the existance of emergency response protocol, and the 2% that will actually do something about it, there is absolutely no publications currently with any information on this topic. FEMA has eliminated print/stock, the nuke warning symbols are still posted, but only for power-plant issues. CD/etc are all whitewashed... Now, with this said... I know this symbol (from Fox) as being a warning that the xmit arrays and content feeds have been compromised... It has been standard since half a centuary ago... Applied, theorhetically, to the server array, if corporate isnt under siege. Now in the current time of war, when most of this is actually going to be put to use for the first time, and we need it (prior, of course, to going to the concentration camps (see '90's policy)) ... it is very obvious that *someone*gestapo*terrorist*feds* has eliminated virtually all digital information on all emergency, logistic, and any other related topic whatsoever... Google looses content constantly, we know what happened to archive.org's repositories from last fall, etc... And the only thing I have left of the CD/EMS indicators is an old photocopy with a few of the generic decals... So what does a simple human do when entities start declaring omega privleges in attempt to save the population? Or have the doomsday logistics been effectively terminated by the feds as well? I'm gonna bet hanging an amerikan flag upside down is now treason and punnishable by on-site rifle blasts to the back of the head. For discussion... -Wilfred L. Guerin Wilfred(a)Cryogen.com [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of sec_emergency02.gif"; x-mac-type="47494666"; x-mac-creator="4A565752]

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