Re: SCIENCE TODAY?

Without repeating the long series of posts, what I'm maintaining is that if a work is unregistered the only means one has for determining authorship is the name of the author(s) on the work. Can someone be faulted from getting permission from a presumptive author? For instance if your article was placed on web and Mr. Naipul was indicated as the author and I requested permission to reprint the article from Mr. Naipul, who granted permission, can I be said to have infringed the work?

In short, if an unregistered work makes no claims to the contrary, it would seem logical to assume that the stated authors of the work are indeed the authors of the work for purposes of copyright. Naturally, a registered work would have clearly defined both the authors and copyright holder in the registration statement.

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S. Warwick
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Seven Blunders of the World That Lead to Violence
  Wealth without work         - Science without humanity
  Pleasure without conscience - Worship without sacrifice
  Knowledge without character - Politics without principle
  Commerce without morality
         Mahatma Ghandi