I have been fighting what seems to be a losing battle over copyright on the internet in a conference group, i.e., Cafe Utne, Meta Conference.
No matter how I try to appeal to these people, they insist that it is fair to take articles, stories, etc., from another's web site without their permission and without compensating (a published writer for instance). I have posted links again and again to CONFU and DMCA but they insist that at this time (basically) everything on the web is fair game.
As an writer and as a publisher (Wired Art for Wired Hearts) this is appalling to me and I wonder if there is any recourse to what these people feel is copacetic - taking from another's web site without permission.
The issues concerns a former member of Cafe Utne who was ousted, in part due to an imaginary dialogue that he had on his web site that drew from personalities in Cafe Utne. One host at Cafe Utne who disliked this member tediously searched his site, finding an unindexed page - the imaginary dialogue which was a work in progress - and linked to it so that she could bring this to the attention of other's at Cafe Utne. The main host at Cafe Utne copied and posted this imaginary dialogue - unindex page - work in progress for all to see without the author's permission. He was then barred from participating at this site.
I surely would appreciate some help with this. Thank you.
Brigid Skylark Delaney
wiredheart[_at_]hotmail.com
http://wwww.wiredhearts.net/
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