Academics and coursepacks

From: Dan L Burk <BURKDANL[_at_]shu.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 00:24:56 -0400

On 7/7/98, Michael Scarpitti <MScarpit[_at_]asnt.org> wrote:
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> What I meant by "academic types" was professors and teachers,
> (especially those who are anti-business), who somehow find
> uncomfortable the notion that one should pay for the products
> and services one receives from the sweat of another's brow or
> the investment of another's capital.

You are a few years late with your "sweat of the brow" theory, no?

> The analogy to national parks is all wet; these copyrighted works
> are hardly "natural" creations: They are the handiwork of men and
> women who deserve to be compensated for the use of their property.

You miss the point (again) by assuming that what is taken is necessarily 1) copyrighted and 2) legally deserving of compensation. If the material is subject to fair use, or otherwise in the public domain, it is public property exactly analogous to publice lands.

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Dan L. Burk
Seton Hall University
burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu

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Received on Sun Jul 12 1998 - 04:20:44 GMT