Re: Attribution is not required in public domain materials

From: Joseph Pietro Riolo <riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:51:31 -0400

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Katharine Colgan <katecolgan[_at_]comcast.net> wrote: 

>

> I am a writer. I would never consider using someone else's ideas or
> words--whether in the public domain or not--without attribution. I would
> feel intellectually dishonest, morally dishonest, and like a pathetic writer
> not capable of doing my own work without stealing from others.

Without seeing your works, I am not in any position to verify your statements. However, there is a good chance that you do not provide attribution for some ideas, facts, and expressions that you think do not require attribution. Yet, others think that you should provide attribution for these items that you copy.

> Also speaking as a writer, I assure you that I want credit for stuff of mine
> worth using long after I'm dead.

You have 70 years (more than 25,000 days) after death to control the attribution. Is that enough?

Joseph Pietro Riolo
<riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>
http://www.boycottcopyright.com

Number of days left until 1-1-2019 when all knowledge of 1923 in the land of the U.S.A. will be freed from their copyright owners' prisons: 5,680

Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this post in the public domain. Received on Mon Jun 16 2003 - 18:51:31 GMT

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