Re: Copyright Extension Bill Passes Congress

On 1 Nov 1998, James Rogers <jetan[_at_]ionet.net> wrote:
>
> On 10/30/98, Albert Henderson <noblestation[_at_]compuserve.com> wrote:
> >
> > I would be interested in your evidence supporting, "these writers
> > could not exist if they were not allowed to copy...."
>
> Shakespeare drew on many, many sources for his work... Plutarch,
> Boccaccio and Saxe Grammaticus being notable. In the case of Plutarch,
> the copying sometimes verges on the verbatim, as in some passages in
> _Antony and Cleopatra_. He also appears to have based several of the
> plays on still earlier plays by other authors. There is quite a bit
> of literature treating this topic in depth.

I find no copyright infringement here -- certainly no massive photocopying.

Albert Henderson, Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY <70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Mon Nov 02 1998 - 22:38:26 GMT