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- From: gnat@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Nathan Torkington)
- Subject: Re: Hi Jane..
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- Message-ID: <GNAT.92Nov22220312@kauri.kauri.vuw.ac.nz>
- In-Reply-To: thetroll@rata.vuw.ac.nz's message of Sun, 22 Nov 1992 07:36:18 GMT
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 10:03:12 GMT
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- thetroll@rata.vuw.ac.nz (The Troll) writes:
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- Good God, man! Have you *nothing* original to say? :-)
-
- Nat.
- (besides, I resent the implication that my words can be replaced by
- other words, without my consent. If I post something to the net, then
- my post is copyrighted automatically, by virtue of being published.
- As such, if you summarise, you are producing a derived work which has
- the potential to deprive me of income, should I ever republish my
- words (which I have reserved the right to do, by virtue of the
- copyright). As such, I have every right to sue you for recompense (my
- words are now unable to be republished for profit, as you have
- provided your own version which I cannot charge for))
-
- (and, indeed, this raises interesting questions. By summarising, you
- are (in effect) putting words into my mouth. I may well argue that,
- owing to the subjective nature of language interpretation and
- production, what I meant wasn't at all what you wrote, and as such you
- are libelling me by posting such blatantly false interpretations of my
- words. Indeed, if you take the creative spark, the light of personal
- genius from my words that mark them as truly mine, you are taking away
- the very essence that makes them mine, and I ought to be able to not
- only sue you for theft, but also for making me appear noncreative
- garbage).
-