[Husker] Re: Copyright Violations (This is a rant, Sorry) (fwd)

[Mike Nolan]

> if they are both husker lists and the other poster had no intent other than
> to distribute the information to other interested Husker fans, how is that a
> problem.  Regardless if there is a copyright law there that is being messed
> with, I don't see how it affects you one way or the other.  You are posting
> to husker info to a husker list and another husker fan wanted other husker
> fans to see it.  Not disagreeing with your right to be upset, but why does
> that bother you?  just wondering.

I'm fussier than most online forums about copyrights for a variety of
reasons, some of them personal.  

Copyright is about many things, including proper attribution.  Someone
posted Gary's comments AS THEIR OWN WRITING.  That's plagiarism, which 
would get someone thrown out of many colleges these days and has gotten
more than a few reporters fired.  

But mostly it is about controlling WHEN and WHERE something is reproduced.

Gary has a RIGHT to control where his writing is reproduced, even if
online forums can make that challenging to monitor and nearly impossible to 
enforce except by the honor system.

I appreciate Gary's posts, and whoever did this owes him (and me) an apology.  
--
Mike Nolan