RE: Re: Attribution is not required in public domain materials

From: Katharine Colgan <katecolgan[_at_]comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 12:00:02 -0400

A human being's thinking is made up from all the ideas and influences it has ever encountered, which is then transformed into that person's unique thoughts. I studied Ancient Greek. It would obviously be absurd to credit Socrates, Euripides, or Sappho for every idea I have on philosophy, society, religion, or poetry.

I do not copy other people's language. I quote other people's language, with attribution.

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

No.

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From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property [mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org]On Behalf Of Joseph Pietro Riolo Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 10:52 AM
To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: Attribution is not required in public domain materials

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.

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