Re: to the point/Latin mutteri

Buford Terrell writes:
>
> I think one of the main reasons that many of us
>do not give open permission for our Net postings to be freely re-
>published is that we are afraid of being misquoted or quoted out of
>context. The lack of payment is only a small part of the reason
>for refusal.

Taking this thread even farther afield:

The reason I have seen expressed most often for not wanting Net postings re-published is that the original posters don't want to see the *re-publishers* make money from the posters' efforts. Another important factor seems to be that the permission of the poster was not asked by the re-publisher (I think a lot of people would say yes but it annoys them tremendously that they were not asked.) The fact that the original poster wouldn't receive part of any money seems to be far less important. Of course, expressed motivation can often be substantially different from the actual motivation.

Nic Herriges
nic[_at_]analogy.com Received on Wed Nov 23 1994 - 18:38:40 GMT