Subj : E-Books & Sharing
To   : Dave Drum
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Tue Apr 11 2023 02:23:23

Hello Dave,

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 DD> Forbes has an excellent article on the on-going fooforaw, And looking
 DD> at both sides. In the end it all aboils down, as always, to money - who has
 DD> it and who wants to keep it as a "right".

There is no "both sides" on this subject, or any question as to who
owns the rights to the work. The creator of the work owns all rights.
Nobody else. That is without exception. The words that I write in
this message are my own. I own it, along with all rights to it. What
I choose to do with those rights is my business. And nobody else's.

Copyright is proof of ownership. I can show copyright in a number of
ways. One way is to take a copy of this message, print it, put it in
an envelope, seal it, and mail it to myself, and when I get it back
put it in a safe place. I can also send a small fee to the copyright
office for said purpose, which for most folks is more convenient.

When folks take stuff (whatever that stuff might be) that belongs
to others that is called infringement. For those with little minds,
another word for that is theft.

But you know that.

Fair use is another matter.

Which is something you have yet to learn.

 DD>>  I've got a Little Free Library in front of my house with an arrow
 DD> and
 DD>>  PARK on the side. I'm on a busy 4-lane arterial street w/no shoulder
 DD>>  to pull off onto. So I direct them to my driveway if they'd like.
 DD> I'm
 DD>>  considering putting a Little-Free-Pantry next to it.

 BC>> Nice!  I read that the Little Free Library project was started by
 BC>> anarchists in Portland, Oregon as consciousness-raising activism.

What started out as a nice idea turned into a means for unscrupulous
folks to steal books. Especially with so many enjoying the take, take,
take rather than the give, give, give ...

For Life,
Lee

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Big Or Small We Lay Them All

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