Re: [-empyre-] permission to quote?

[geniwate <geniwate@ozemail.com.au>]

all,

just thought I'd come clean and say that it's me asking for permission to
quote for a book review I'm doing for <electronic book review>. I decided to
ask the individuals concerned not so much because I was sure that there were
legal reasons why I had to do it, but because a list is a community, and I
think it's appropriate to have this level of politeness to people who are
semi-acquaintances ... also I think lists should operate with some sort of
implicit social contract, and I feel that part of this social contract
should be attribution and honesty etc etc ...

I have been on lists where an implicit social contract either breaks down,
or else it never existed, or else it becomes contested - I think some others
here have had that experience too and it can be quite disturbing.

I also asked Mel for these sorts of reasons, and in case there was a legal
reason as well.

I am not personally convinced that the legal reasons should exist, but I am
convinced that communal mores and standards of behaviour are necessary.

anyway, thanks

Jenny Weight

on 26/4/02 2:09 PM, Melinda Rackham at melinda@unsw.edu.au wrote:

> antoanetta and list hi,
> 
> i just got an email from someone enquiring about quoting some postings from
> the list for an article they are writing.. and if they have to approach the
> list as a whole or just the individuals.
> and i'm not quiet sure what is the position of this is under copyrite law ?
> 
> is all that's necesary attribution (referencing the posting without asking
> the individuals permission) because posting to a list is coinsidered in the
> same way as being published in a book..? or shopudl the individuals
> permission be sought.
> and im wondering how other feel about thier posts -which often seem like
> they are in a small private community and are not always composed for public
> scritiny, being open to possibilities like being quoted out of context of
> the discussion they were in , etc etc or are we all happy to have everything
> we say online be in open public space? (it is already publically archived
> online)
> 
> along the same lines i been asked about the possibility of doing a project
> later in the year which involves editing some discussion from the list on a
> specific topic ..i havent approached anyone yet as its only conceptual at
> the moment and may not ever happen, but it does provoke the same questions
> about attribution and permissions.
> 
> 
> Melinda Rackham
> net.artist
> http://www.subtle.net
> 
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