Re: a nudge for me

From: Stapleton, Paul <P.STAPLETON[_at_]CGNET.COM>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 03:40:39 -0700

I am afraid I deleted the message requesting a joke about copyright, as I had never heard one, then while driving home I made one up. Perhaps it is a little lame, but at least it's an effort.

A senior Librarian walks into the Library copy room at a well-known US University and sees a student busy making many copies of a course text book.

"Good heavens" (or equivalent American expression), "Aren't you worried
about copyright?" shouts the outraged professional.

"Sure," says the student, "It's a real drag. I have to stay here and
watch the machine all the time because sometimes the paper gets jammed and the machine doesn't copy right."

PS I find much of this discussion list very interesting, some of it fascinating, and it has been very useful in clarifying our (non-profit making) Institute's policy on copyright.

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Paul Stapleton
Head, Editorial and Publications Unit
Documentation, Information and Training Group International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Via delle Sette Chiese 142, 00145 Rome, Italy phone 33-6-51892233, Email P.STAPLETON[_at_]CGNET.COM, fax 33-6-5750309 Web: http://www.cgiar.org/ipgri Received on Fri Oct 10 1997 - 09:36:01 GMT